både.
both
Meaning & usage
both
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish bathæ, from Old Norse báðir (“both”), a combination of Proto-Germanic *bai and the demonstrative pronoun þeir, cf. Old English bā þā (English both) and Old High German beide (German beide).
both
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish bathæ, from Old Norse báðir (“both”), a combination of Proto-Germanic *bai and the demonstrative pronoun þeir, cf. Old English bā þā (English both) and Old High German beide (German beide).
to be useful, help
Where this word comes from
From Middle Low German baten, batten, from Proto-Germanic *batāną (“to improve”), cognate with Dutch baten (“to avail”). Doublet of batte.
advantage, profit
Where this word comes from
From Middle Low German bate, from Proto-Germanic *batô (“improvement”), cognate with Dutch baat (“profit”) and Icelandic bati (“recovery”).
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