Where does “battre” come from?

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

battre (Middle French): to fight; to engage in combat

Definitions

  1. to fight; to engage in combat

Ancestry of “battre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “battre”

Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battō →Every word from Old French batre →