Middle English word abaten comes from Old French batre (To beat; to hit; to strike.), Latin battuere, Latin ad- (To.), Latin ab-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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batre | Old French (fro) | To beat; to hit; to strike. |
battuere | Latin (lat) | |
ad- | Latin (lat) | To. |
ab- | Latin (lat) | Absence of. At a distance. Completely, thoroughly. From, away, away from. More remote. Off. |
batto | Latin (lat) | |
*abbato | Latin (lat) | I beat down. I cast down. |
abbatto | Late Latin (LL) | |
*abbatere | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
abatre | Old French (fro) | To destroy; to slaughter. To knock over; to knock down. |
abaten | Middle English (enm) |