Where does “battering” come from?
Battering derives from English batter, itself from English bat, which comes from English bate meaning to reduce, ultimately from Latin abatere combining ad- with a root related to Ancient Greek βῆτα.
battering (English): present participle of batter; A heavy beating; A...
Definitions
- present participle of batter; A heavy beating; A...
Ancestry of “battering”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | batter | To hit or strike violently and repeatedly; To... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |