abate
Moldavian
verb
Definitions
- to stray often figuratively in a moral sense, derogate, deviate, divert from, digress
- to change paths, swerve from, wander from
- (reflexive) to stop going a certain way
- to dissuade
- to knock down
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *abbatere, 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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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *abbatere Latin
- *abbatō Latin
- *bataclum Latin
- battere Latin
- battetura Latin
- battuō Latin
- battālia Latin
- battō Latin
- abbattere Italian
- abatir Spanish, Castilian
- batalla Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- abatedouro Portuguese
- abater Portuguese
- abatimento Portuguese
- abatre Old French
- baterie Old French
- batre Old French
- batte Old French
- abatre Catalan, Valencian
- bătător Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- abater Old Portuguese
- abat Aromanian
- strãbat Aromanian
- abatre Occitan
- abàter Occitan
- abàtte Ligurian
- bot Dalmatian