Where does “abattage” come from?

abattage (French) comes from French abattre, from Middle French abbatre, from Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbatto, from Latin battō, from Latin battuō — to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike.

abattage (French): slaughter or butchering for meat; felling or...

Definitions

  1. slaughter or butchering for meat; felling or...

Ancestry of “abattage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabattreto butcher; to slaughter for meat; to shoot dead;...
2Middle Frenchabbatreto knock down
3Old Frenchabatreto knock over; to knock down; to destroy; to...
4Late Latinabbatto—
5Latinbattōto beat att. from 2nd c. CE
6Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

Words derived from “abattage”

Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battō →Every word from Late Latin abbatto →