battel

battel · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰedʰ-“to stab, dig”
2. Latin · derived frombattuō“to strike, hit, beat, fight”
3. Late Latin · derived frombattālia
4. Old French · derived frombataille
5. Middle English · inherited frombatel
6. English todaybattel

From Middle English batel, batayle from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“military exercises”), from Latin battuō (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), from a Gaulish root, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”). Doublet of battalia and battle.

battel · verb²

From Hebrew בטל.

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