Etymology

battlebus

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Today it means: A coach used as a mobile operational centre by a particular political party during an election campaign. Full definition →

English bus ← French omnibus ← Latin omnibu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  2. Latinbattuō
  3. Late Latinbattālia
  4. Old Frenchbataille
  5. Middle Englishbatayle
  6. Englishbattle
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ep-
  8. Proto-Italic*opnis
  9. Latinomnis
  10. Latinomnibu
  11. Frenchomnibus
  12. Englishomnibusclip.
  13. Englishbus
  14. English todaybattlebus

From battle + bus.

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