Etymology

battered

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Today it means: Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered. Full definition →

English batter ← Middle English bat ← Old French batteinflu.
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-der.?
  2. Old Englishbatt
  3. Old Frenchbatteinflu.
  4. Middle Englishbat
  5. Englishbat
  6. Englishbatter
  7. English todaybattered

From batter + -ed.

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