Where does “batre” come from?

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

batre (Old French): to beat; to hit; to strike

Definitions

  1. to beat; to hit; to strike

Ancestry of “batre”, step by step

batre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin battō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbattōto beat att. from 2nd c. CE
2Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

via Late Latin batto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinbatto—

Words derived from “batre”

Every word from Latin battuō →