English

gunbattle

From gun + battle.

A compound of gun + battle

Middle English gunne

English gun

Latin battuō ‘to strike, hit, beat’

Latin battuālia ‘fighting and fencing exercises’

Late Latin battālia

Old French bataille

Middle English batel

Today it means

noun A gunfight; a battle involving gunfire

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

Etymograph / gunbattle