Where does “bataille” come from?

bataille (Middle French) comes from Old French bataille, from Latin battālia, from Latin battuō — to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike.

bataille (Middle French): battle

Definitions

  1. battle

Ancestry of “bataille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbataillebattle
2Latinbattālia—
3Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

Words derived from “bataille”

Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battālia →Every word from Old French bataille →