Etymology

prebattle

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Today it means: Before a battle. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  10. Latinbattuō
  11. Late Latinbattālia
  12. Old Frenchbataille
  13. Middle Englishbatayle
  14. Englishbattle
  15. English todayprebattle

From pre- + battle.

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