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Where does “abattant” come from?

abattant (French) comes from French abattre, from Middle French abbatre, from Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbatto, from Latin battō, from Latin battuō.

abattant (French): flat and articulated so it can move from a...

Definitions

  1. flat and articulated so it can move from a...

Ancestry of “abattant”, 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—
5Latinbattō—
6Latinbattuō—
Every word from Latin battuō →