Where does “battlemented” come from?

Battlemented derives from Middle English -ed, Old English -od, Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, and Proto-Indo-European -tós, a suffix forming adjectives from verbal roots.

battlemented (English): Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a...

Definitions

  1. Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a...

Ancestry of “battlemented”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbattlementIn fortification: an indented parapet, formed by...
2Old Frenchbataillement
3Old Frenchbastillementbattlement; fortification
4Old Frenchbastillierto fortify, to equip with battlements
5Old Frenchbastillefortress

Words derived from “battlemented

Every word from Old French bastilleEvery word from Old French bastillierEvery word from Old French bastillement
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