abbatre

Middle French

Alternative forms

• abatre, abattre, abbattre

Etymology

Inherited from Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbattō, from Latin ad- + battō.

Verb

abbatre

1. to knock down
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 64:

     si le ferit si durement qu'il l'abatit a terre

     then he hit him so forcefully that he knocked him to the ground

Descendants

• French: abattre

References

• abattre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)