Where does “batalpreta” come from?
batalpreta (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto preta, from French Prêt, from French prêter, from Middle French preter, from Old French prester, from Latin praesto, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai- — passed , crossed.
batalpreta (Esperanto): ready for battle
Definitions
- ready for battle
Ancestry of “batalpreta”, step by step
batalpreta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto preta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | preta | ready, set |
| 2 | French | Prêt | ready |
| 3 | French | prêter | to lend; to lend itself to; to go along with |
| 4 | Middle French | preter | Alternative form of prester |
| 5 | Old French | prester | to borrow |
| 6 | Latin | praesto | present, at hand, ready; at hand, ready to help;... |
| 7 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Esperanto batali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | batali | to fight; to battle |
| 2 | English | Battle | from places in England that have been sites of a battle |
| 3 | Middle English | batel | Alternative form of batayle; flourishing |
| 4 | Old English | batol | improving, tending to be good |
| 5 | Old English | batian | to fatten, to get fatter; to improve, to get... |
| 6 | Old English | -ol | Used to form suffixes denoting inclination or... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ulaz | Forms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or... |