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combattere
Vulgar Latin · medieval
"to fight together"
to fight together, from com- (together) and battuere (to beat)
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combat
French · 1400s
"armed fighting between opposing forces"
settled in French military vocabulary for armed fighting
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combat
English · 1560s
"fighting between opposing forces"
adopted directly for fighting between opposing sides
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