Where does “batol” come from?
batol (Old English) comes from Old English batian, from Old English -ol, from Proto-Germanic -ulaz — Forms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or...
batol (Old English): improving, tending to be good
Definitions
- improving, tending to be good
Ancestry of “batol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | batian | to fatten, to get fatter; to improve, to get... |
| 2 | Old English | -ol | Used to form suffixes denoting inclination or... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -ulaz | Forms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or... |