Etymology

abeat

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Today it means: Beating. Full definition →

First used Late 19ᵗʰ century.English beat ← Middle English beten ← Old English bēatan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Germanic*an
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ana
  4. Old Englishon
  5. Middle Englishan
  6. Middle Englisha-
  7. Englisha-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰew-der.?
  9. Proto-Germanic*bautaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*bautan
  11. Old Englishbēatan
  12. Middle Englishbeten
  13. Englishbeat
  14. English todayabeat

From a- + beat.

First known use, by meaning

  • Late 19ᵗʰ century. Beating.
  • Late 19ᵗʰ century. Beating.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.