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Where does “entreabatre” come from?

entreabatre (Middle French) comes from Middle French entre, from Old French entre, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

entreabatre (Middle French): to knock one another over

Definitions

  1. to knock one another over

Ancestry of “entreabatre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchentrebetween
2Old Frenchentreamong; amongst
3Latininterbetween, among; during, while
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
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