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Where does “batailler” come from?

batailler (French) comes from French bataille, from Middle French bataille, from Old French bataille, from Latin battālia, from Latin battuō.

batailler (French): to battle

Definitions

  1. to battle

Ancestry of “batailler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbataillebattle; war
2Middle Frenchbataillebattle
3Old Frenchbataillebattle
4Latinbattālia—
5Latinbattuō—

Words derived from “batailler”

  • battailant
  • bataillant
Every word from Latin battuō →