battel
English
noun
Definitions
- (UK) A single combat.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English batel derived from Old French bataille derived from Latin battālia, battuō (beat, strike, fight, hit, pound, I beat, I fight) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (dig, stab).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰedʰ-
Gloss
dig, stab
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- battalia English
- batteler English
- battle English
- *abbatere Latin
- *abbatō Latin
- *bataclum Latin
- battere Latin
- battetura Latin
- battuo Latin
- battuālia Latin
- battuō Latin
- battālia Latin
- battō Latin
- battaglia Italian
- batalla Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *badją Proto-Germanic
- batail Middle English
- batayle Middle English
- batayll Middle English
- batel Middle English
- batell Middle English
- bataille Old French
- bataillier Old French
- baterie Old French
- batre Old French
- batte Old French
- bătaie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bătător Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bataille Norman
- batâle Norman
- betejë Albanian
- bataille Middle French
- batalla Old Portuguese
- *bodyom Proto-Celtic
- bãtalji Aromanian
- strãbat Aromanian
- batalla Asturian
- batalha Old Occitan
- *bed- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- bot Dalmatian
- batalgia Istriot