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Where does “baté” come from?

baté (Norman) comes from Old French batel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

baté (Norman): boat

Definitions

  1. boat

Ancestry of “baté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbatelboat
2Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “baté”

  • bat'leux
  • batelyi
  • bat'ler
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