Where does “battleplan” come from?
battleplan (English) comes from English plan, from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
battleplan (English): The planned strategy and tactics to be used in a...
Definitions
- The planned strategy and tactics to be used in a...
Ancestry of “battleplan”, step by step
battleplan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plan | A drawing showing technical details of a... |
| 2 | French | plan | plan; map; plane |
| 3 | French | plain | plane |
| 4 | Old French | plain | full; plain; flat |
| 5 | Latin | plēnus | full; filled; complete |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | plēnos | full |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via English Battle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Battle | from places in England that have been sites of a battle |
| 2 | Middle English | batel | Alternative form of batayle; flourishing |
| 3 | Old English | batol | improving, tending to be good |
| 4 | Old English | batian | to fatten, to get fatter; to improve, to get... |
| 5 | Old English | -ol | Used to form suffixes denoting inclination or... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ulaz | Forms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or... |