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Where does “batel” come from?

batel (Middle English) comes from Old English batol, from Old English batian, from Old English -ol, from Proto-Germanic -ulaz — Forms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or...

batel (Middle English): Alternative form of batayle; flourishing

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of batayle; flourishing

Ancestry of “batel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbatolimproving, tending to be good
2Old Englishbatianto fatten, to get fatter; to improve, to get...
3Old English-olUsed to form suffixes denoting inclination or...
4Proto-Germanic-ulazForms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or...

Words derived from “batel”

  • battle
  • Battle
  • battlefield
  • battling
  • battleship
  • battleground
  • battlefront
  • battlegrounds
  • battlespace
  • Battleford
  • battler
  • battel
  • battledress
  • battlegroup
  • battleline
  • prebattle
  • nonbattle
  • battlewagon
  • postbattle
  • battleworthy
  • battleplan
  • battleplane
  • battlesuit
  • gunbattle
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