Where does “abattre” come from?

abattre (French) comes 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.

abattre (French): to butcher; to slaughter for meat; to shoot dead;...

Definitions

  1. to butcher; to slaughter for meat; to shoot dead;...

Ancestry of “abattre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “abattre”

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