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

Every word from Latin battuōEvery word from Latin battōEvery word from Old French batre