battito
Italian
Etymology
From batt(ere) (“to beat”) + -ito (to nominalise the verb).
This construction is modelled on gemito and fremito, which are nouns indirectly derived from Latin verbs. Similarly, tremito was constructed this way (from tremare).[1]
Noun
battito m (plural battiti)
Derived terms
- battito cardiaco = battito del cuore (“heartbeat”)
References
- ^ Il Devoto–Oli (Dizionario italiano da un affiliato di Oxford University Press).