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

entreabatre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French entre

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

via Middle French abatre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchabatre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér →Every word from Latin inter →