Where does “bataillant” come from?

bataillant (French) comes from French batailler, from French bataille, from Middle French bataille, from Old French bataille, from Latin battālia, from Latin battuō — to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike.

bataillant (French): present participle of batailler

Definitions

  1. present participle of batailler

Ancestry of “bataillant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbataillerto battle
2Frenchbataillebattle; war
3Middle Frenchbataillebattle
4Old Frenchbataillebattle
5Latinbattālia—
6Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

Words derived from “bataillant”

Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battālia →Every word from Old French bataille →