Where does “battaglione” come from?

battaglione (Italian) comes from Italian battaglia, from Late Latin battualia, from Latin battuo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

battaglione (Italian): battalion

Definitions

  1. battalion

Ancestry of “battaglione”, step by step

battaglione traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian battaglia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbattagliabattle, fight; third-person singular present...
2Late Latinbattualiamilitary exercises
3LatinbattuoI beat, hit, pound, beat up; I fight; I bang
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

via Latin battuere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbattuerethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēdʰ-to bend, fold

Words derived from “battaglione”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Latin battuo →Every word from Late Latin battualia →