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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word
BATTLEMENT. Etymology of the word
BATTLEMENT.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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BATTLEMENT,
a parapet for fortification. (F.) M.E. batelment, Allit.
Poems, ed. Morris, B. 1458. 'Batylment of a walle, propugnaculum;'
Prompt. Parv. p. 27. The history of the word is imperfectly
recorded; it seems most probable that it represents an O.F. bastillement,
formed from O.F. bastiller, to fortify. Roquefort quotes the
phrase 'mur bastille,' i.e. fortified or embattled wall, from the Roman
de la Rose. Cf. mod. F. bâtiment, a building, from bâtir,
O.F. bastir, to build; of which verb the O.F. bastiller is also a
derivative. See Baste (3); and see
Embattle. ADDENDA BASTILE,
BASTION, BATTLEMENT. Diez refers these words to Gk.
βαστάζειν,
to support, not to G. bast, bast. Accordingly, he separates the O.F.
bast, a pack-saddle, from G. bast. The matter is as yet hardly
settled.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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