Etymology

postbattle

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Today it means: After a battle. Full definition →

English battle ← Middle English batayle ← Old French bataille
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  8. Latinbattuō
  9. Late Latinbattālia
  10. Old Frenchbataille
  11. Middle Englishbatayle
  12. Englishbattle
  13. English todaypostbattle

From post- + battle.

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