Etymograph

English

battue

Battue comes from Latin battere.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbattere
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentbattue
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1827same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbattere
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentbattue
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1827same form

Earliest quotation: 1827, Diary for the Month of April: “The battues have nothing whatever to do with the…”

Linked words

through Latin battere

bat, batter, abatement, bate, batten, abattoir, 7 more

Today it means

noun A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin battere / battue

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