Where does “battage” come from?

battage (Italian) comes from French battage, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

battage (Italian): buildup campaign

Definitions

  1. buildup campaign

Ancestry of “battage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbattagehype, publicity
2French-ageForming nouns with the sense of "action or result...
3Middle French-ageforms nouns with the sense of "action or result...
4Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
5Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
6Latin-āticum
Every word from Latin -āticumEvery word from French -ageEvery word from Old French -age