Where does “kontraŭbatali” come from?
kontraŭbatali (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kontraŭ, from French contre, from Italian contro, from Italian forza, from Latin fortia, from Latin fortis, from Old Latin forctis, from Proto-Italic forktis — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.
kontraŭbatali (Esperanto): to fight
Definitions
- to fight
Ancestry of “kontraŭbatali”, step by step
kontraŭbatali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto kontraŭ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kontraŭ | against; in return for |
| 2 | French | contre | against; as against; in exchange for |
| 3 | Italian | contro | against; con; counter |
| 4 | Italian | forza | force; strength; ! |
| 5 | Latin | fortia | nominative neuter plural of fortis; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | fortis | strong, powerful; firm, resolute, steadfast,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | forctis | strong |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | forktis | strong, robust |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerǵʰ- | to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain |
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... |