English
abater
Abater comes from Middle English abatere.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500abatere
- Englishearliest quotation 1583abater
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500abatere
- Englishearliest quotation 1583abater
Earliest quotation: 1583, Pedro de la Sierra, The Second Part of the Myrror of Knighthood: “This is the great Prince of Grecia, called the…”
Formed from abate + -er
Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ-
Latin battere
Late Latin abbattere
Anglo-Norman abatre
Middle English abaten ‘to beat down, bring down, calm down’
English abate
Every English word from Middle English abatere
Today it means
noun One who, or that which, abates.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English abatere / abater