Etymology

battleworthy

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Today it means: Fit for service in battle. Full definition →

English battle ← Middle English batayle ← Old French bataille
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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. English todaybattleworthy

From battle + -worthy.

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