Where does “bat” come from?

bat (Haitian Creole) 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.

bat (Haitian Creole): to spank, to beat

Definitions

  1. to spank, to beat

Ancestry of “bat”, 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
Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battō →Every word from Old French batre →