Etymology

battue

bat·tue
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Today it means: A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc. Full definition →

First used early 19th c.French battue ← Latin battere
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  1. Latin · derived frombattere
  2. French · borrowed frombattue
  3. English todaybattue

From French battue, ultimately from Latin battere. Doublet of battuta, which arrived via Italian.

Words from the same roots

Latinbattere all →

abatebate

First known use, by meaning

  • from early 19th c. A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.

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