Where does “batiscuro” come from?

batiscuro (Istriot) comes from Istriot bati, from Latin battō, from Latin battuō — to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike.

batiscuro (Istriot): traditional ceremony after mass on Good Friday, where churchgoers invoked the Passion of Christ by beating the pews with a wooden object

Definitions

  1. traditional ceremony after mass on Good Friday, where churchgoers invoked the Passion of Christ by beating the pews with a wooden object

Ancestry of “batiscuro”, step by step

batiscuro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Istriot bati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Istriotbatito beat, to strike
2Latinbattōto beat att. from 2nd c. CE
3Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

via Istriot scuro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Istriotscuro
Every word from Latin battuōEvery word from Latin battōEvery word from Istriot bati