Etymology::Battle

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Etymology The definition of a battle cannot be arrived at solely through the names of historical battles, many of which are misnomers. The word battle is a loanword in English from the Old French bataille, first attested in 1297, from Late Latin battualia, meaning "exercise of soldiers and gladiators in fighting and fencing", from Late Latin (taken from Germanic) battuere "beat", from which the English word battery is also derived via Middle English batri,<ref>p.33, Tucker</ref> and comes from the staged battles in the Colosseum in Rome that may have numbered 10,000 individuals.

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Intro   Etymology    Characteristics   Battlespace   Factors    Types    Naming    Effects   See also   References   

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