Etymology of the English word battery
the English word
batteryderived from the Old French word
batteriederived from the French word
battrederived from the Old French word
batrederived from the Latin word
battere (pound, beat, hit)
derived from the Latin word
battuere (pound, beat hit, strike)
using the Proto-Indo-European prefix
bhau- (to hit)
derived from the Old French word
bateriederived from the Old French word
batrederived from the Latin word
battere (pound, beat, hit)
derived from the Latin word
battuere (pound, beat hit, strike)
using the Proto-Indo-European prefix
bhau- (to hit)
Date
The earliest known usage of battery in English dates from the 16th century.
Cognates
Dutch
batterij, French
batterie, German
Batterie, Italian
batteria, Lithuanian
baterija, Norwegian
batteri, Polish
bateria, Provençal
bataria, Russian
бaтapeя, Spanish
bateria, Swedish
batteriUsage
Word found in Modern English
