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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.

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—
4Latinbattō—
5Latinbattuō—

Words derived from “abattre”

  • abattoir
  • abatis
  • rabat
  • abatised
  • abatjour
  • abat-voix
  • abattis
  • abattoirlike
  • abat-vent
  • abattage
  • аба-ван
  • аба-вуа
  • абажур
  • abattant
  • abat-voix
  • rabattable
  • rabatteur
  • abattable
  • abat-vent
  • rabattre
  • abattage
  • rabat
  • abattoir
  • rabat-joie
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