Where does “abadar” come from?

abadar (Franco-Provençal) comes from Occitan badar, from Latin batare — to yawn, gape; to gape.

abadar (Franco-Provençal): to lift, to raise

Definitions

  1. to lift, to raise

Ancestry of “abadar”, step by step

abadar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Occitan badar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanbadargape
2Latinbatareto yawn, gape; to gape

via Franco-Provençal badar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Franco-Provençalbadar—

Words derived from “abadar”

Every word from Latin batare →Every word from Occitan badar →