Where does “bataunt” come from?

bataunt (Middle English) comes from Old French batent, from Old French batre, from Latin battō, from Latin battuō — to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike.

Ancestry of “bataunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbatentbeating
2Old Frenchbatreto beat; to hit; to strike
3Latinbattōto beat att. from 2nd c. CE
4Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

Words derived from “bataunt”

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