Where does “abat” come from?

abat (Louisiana Creole) comes from French abattre, from Middle French abbatre, from Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbatto, from Latin battō, from Latin battuō — to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike.

abat (Louisiana Creole): To discourage

Definitions

  1. To discourage

Ancestry of “abat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabattreto butcher; to slaughter for meat; to shoot dead;...
2Middle Frenchabbatreto knock down
3Old Frenchabatreto knock over; to knock down; to destroy; to...
4Late Latinabbatto—
5Latinbattōto beat att. from 2nd c. CE
6Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike
Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battō →Every word from Late Latin abbatto →