Where does “bats” come from?
bats (French) comes from French battre, from Middle French battre, from Old French batre, from Latin battō, from Latin battuō.
bats (French): inflection of battre:
## first/second-person...
Definitions
- inflection of battre:
## first/second-person...
Ancestry of “bats”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | battre | to beat; to defeat; to beat up; to fight |
| 2 | Middle French | battre | to fight; to engage in combat |
| 3 | Old French | batre | to beat; to hit; to strike |
| 4 | Latin | battō | — |
| 5 | Latin | battuō | — |