Etymology of the French word battage
the French word
battagederived 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)
Date
The earliest known usage of battage in French dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in French
pare-battageDerivations in other languages
Italian
battage, Romanian
bataj
