battalia
English
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops or of a naval force, ready for action.
- (obsolete) An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin battālia, battuō (beat, strike, fight, hit, pound, I beat, I fight).
Origin
Latin
battuō
Gloss
beat, strike, fight, hit, pound, I beat, I fight
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Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *abbatere Latin
- *abbatō Latin
- *bataclum Latin
- battere Latin
- battetura Latin
- battuālia Latin
- battuō Latin
- battālia Latin
- battō Latin
- battaglia Italian
- batalla Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- bataille Old French
- baterie Old French
- batre Old French
- batte Old French
- bătaie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bătător Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- betejë Albanian
- batalla Old Portuguese
- bãtalji Aromanian
- strãbat Aromanian
- batalla Asturian
- batalha Old Occitan
- bot Dalmatian
- batalgia Istriot