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Where does “bat” come from?

bat (French) comes from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin bastum, from Latin bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω — to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

bat (French): packsaddle

Definitions

  1. packsaddle

Ancestry of “bat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbastpacksaddle
2Vulgar LatinbastumA stick
3Latinbastāre—
4Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

Words derived from “bat”

  • débâter
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