Where does “bataille” come from?

bataille (Old French) comes from Latin battālia, from Latin battuō — to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike.

bataille (Old French): battle

Definitions

  1. battle

Ancestry of “bataille”, step by step

bataille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin battālia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbattālia—
2Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

via Late Latin battalia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinbattalia—

Words derived from “bataille”

Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battālia →