Latin

battuo

‘to beat’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin battuo.

11 English words in this record descend from Latin battuo, most familiar first.

• battle ← batel ← bataille ← battālia ← battuālia
• combat ← combatre ← *combattere
• battery ← batterie ← baterie ← batre
• bat ← batten ← batre ← battere
• batten ← bataunt ← batent ← battere
• bascule ← bacule ← bacul ← battre
• battel ← batel ← bataille ← battālia ← battuālia
• battailous ← bataylous ← bataillos ← bataille ← battālia
• bacule ← bacul ← battre
• battailant ← batailler ← bataille ← bataille ← bataille
• battalia ← battuālia

Etymograph / Latin battuo