Where does “bâtă” come from?
bâtă (Romanian) comes from Latin vitta — band, ribbon; fillet, headband, chaplet.
bâtă (Romanian): club, cudgel, cosh
Definitions
- club, cudgel, cosh
Ancestry of “bâtă”, step by step
bâtă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin vitta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vitta | band, ribbon; fillet, headband, chaplet |
via Hungarian Batta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Batta | — |