Etymology

battlegroup

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Today it means: A grouping of several types of troops assembled to fight together. Full definition →

English group ← Italian gruppo ← French groupe
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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*grewbʰ-
  8. Proto-Germanic*kruppaz
  9. Frankish*krupp
  10. Vulgar Latin*cruppus
  11. Italiangruppo
  12. Frenchgroupe
  13. Italiangruppo
  14. Englishgroup
  15. English todaybattlegroup

From battle + group.

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