Etymology of the French word coupe-batterie
the French word
coupe-batteriederived 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
couperderived from the French word
coupderived from the Old French word
colpderived from the Latin word
colpusderived from the Classical Latin word
colaphus (blow with fist; buffet, cuff)
derived from the Greek word
kolaphos, κόλαφος
derived from the Greek word
kolpos, κόλπος (the bosom; by analogy, a bay)
derived from the Latin root
*colparederived from the Latin word
colpusderived from the Classical Latin word
colaphus (blow with fist; buffet, cuff)
derived from the Greek word
kolaphos, κόλαφος
derived from the Greek word
kolpos, κόλπος (the bosom; by analogy, a bay)
Date
The earliest known usage of coupe-batterie in French dates from the 20th century.
