Where does “battre” come from?

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

battre (French): to beat; to defeat; to beat up; to fight

Definitions

  1. to beat; to defeat; to beat up; to fight

Ancestry of “battre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “battre”

Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battō →Every word from Old French batre →