Where does “abbatre” come from?

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

abbatre (Middle French): to knock down

Definitions

  1. to knock down

Ancestry of “abbatre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchabatreto knock over; to knock down; to destroy; to...
2Late Latinabbatto—
3Latinbattōto beat att. from 2nd c. CE
4Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

Words derived from “abbatre”

Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battō →Every word from Late Latin abbatto →