Etymology

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Today it means: A type of dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean. Full definition →

Latin battuo ← Ottoman Turkish ایمبات
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The story

  1. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromایمبات“sea breeze; etesian”
  2. Latin · derived frombattuo“beat, strike”
  3. English todayimbat

A widespread word in the Mediterranean related to Latin battuo (“beat, strike”). Possibly directly from Ottoman Turkish ایمبات (imbat, “sea breeze; etesian”). Doublet of limbat.

Words from the same roots

Latinbattuo all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.