Where does “bate-bate” come from?

bate-bate (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese bater, from Old Portuguese bater, from Latin battō, from Latin battuō — to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike.

bate-bate (Portuguese): clackers

Definitions

  1. clackers

Ancestry of “bate-bate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebaterto beat; to beat up; to hit; to strike; to crash
2Old Portuguesebater—
3Latinbattōto beat att. from 2nd c. CE
4Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

Words derived from “bate-bate”

Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battō →Every word from Old Portuguese bater →