Etymology

battleskies

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Today it means: The portions of airspace in which a military conflict is taking place. Full definition →

English skies ← Middle English batayle ← Old French bataille
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  2. Latinbattuō
  3. Late Latinbattālia
  4. Old Frenchbataille
  5. Middle Englishbatayle
  6. Englishbattle
  7. Englishskies
  8. English todaybattleskies

From battle + skies.

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