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Where does “batelage” come from?

batelage (French) comes from French batelier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

batelage (French): boating, sailing, pilotage; conjuring; juggling

Definitions

  1. boating, sailing, pilotage; conjuring; juggling

Ancestry of “batelage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbatelierriverboatman
2French-ierused to form the names of trees bearing a...
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Latin-āre—
5Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she
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