Where does “enbatre” come from?
enbatre (Old French) comes from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “enbatre”, step by step
enbatre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | en | in; inside; on; upon; in |
| 2 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 3 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Old French batre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | batre | to beat; to hit; to strike |
| 2 | Latin | battō | to beat att. from 2nd c. CE |
| 3 | Latin | battuō | to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike |