Where does “batay” come from?

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

batay (Seychellois Creole): quarrel, fight

Definitions

  1. quarrel, fight

Ancestry of “batay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbataillebattle; war
2Middle Frenchbataillebattle
3Old Frenchbataillebattle
4Latinbattālia—
5Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike
Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battālia →Every word from Old French bataille →