Where does “bullbat” come from?

bullbat (English) comes from English bat, from French bât, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin bastum, from Latin bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω — to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

bullbat (English): A New World bird, Chordeiles minor, the common...

Definitions

  1. A New World bird, Chordeiles minor, the common...

Ancestry of “bullbat”, step by step

bullbat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbatAny of the flying mammals of the order...
2Frenchbâtpacksaddle
3Old Frenchbastpacksaddle
4Vulgar LatinbastumA stick
5Latinbastāre—
6Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

via English Bull

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBullThe constellation and zodiacal sign Taurus
2Middle Englishbullfalsehood
Every word from Ancient Greek βαστάζω →Every word from Latin bastāre →Every word from Vulgar Latin bastum →