Where does “battu” come from?

battu (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.

battu (French): beaten; past participle of battre

Definitions

  1. beaten; past participle of battre

Ancestry of “battu”, 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 “battu”

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