Etymology

battlefront

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Today it means: The region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat. Full definition →

English front ← Middle English frount ← Old French front
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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. Latinfrontem
  8. Old Frenchfront
  9. Middle Englishfrount
  10. Englishfront
  11. English todaybattlefront

From battle + front.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.