Where does “battuaculum” come from?
battuaculum (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin battuere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ- — to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig.
Ancestry of “battuaculum”, step by step
battuaculum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin battuere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | battuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | to bend, fold |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |
via Latin battuō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | battuō | to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike |