Where does “batteuse” come from?

batteuse (French) comes from French battre, from Middle French battre, from Old French batre, from Latin battō, from Latin battuō — to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike.

batteuse (French): threshing machine, thresher; drummer

Definitions

  1. threshing machine, thresher; drummer

Ancestry of “batteuse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbattreto beat; to defeat; to beat up; to fight
2Middle Frenchbattreto fight; to engage in combat
3Old Frenchbatreto beat; to hit; to strike
4Latinbattōto beat att. from 2nd c. CE
5Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

Words derived from “batteuse

Every word from Latin battuōEvery word from Latin battōEvery word from Old French batre