Where does “bate” come from?

bate (Walloon) comes from Old French batre, from Latin battō, from Latin battuō — to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike.

bate (Walloon): to fight

Definitions

  1. to fight

Ancestry of “bate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbatreto beat; to hit; to strike
2Latinbattōto beat att. from 2nd c. CE
3Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike
Every word from Latin battuō →Every word from Latin battō →Every word from Old French batre →