Etymology

battleplan

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Today it means: The planned strategy and tactics to be used in a battle. Full definition →

English plan ← French plan ← Latin plantāre
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  2. Latinbattuō
  3. Late Latinbattālia
  4. Old Frenchbataille
  5. Middle Englishbatayle
  6. Englishbattle
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
  11. Proto-Italic*plāntā?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂k-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂
  14. Proto-Italic*plānktā
  15. Latinplanta
  16. Latinplantāre
  17. Frenchplanterdeverb.
  18. Frenchplant
  19. Frenchplan
  20. Englishplan
  21. English todaybattleplan

From battle + plan.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.