Where does “batifêugo” come from?
batifêugo (Ligurian) comes from Ligurian bàtte, from Latin battere, from Latin battuere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ- — to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig.
batifêugo (Ligurian): flint
Ancestry of “batifêugo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ligurian | bàtte | to beat, patrol, batter, strike or hit something... |
| 2 | Latin | battere | — |
| 3 | Latin | battuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |