Words that come from Late Latin “ballare”

400 words across 59 languages descend from Late Latin ballare — including B, ball, balloon, ballad, handball, ballade, balloonist, ballon.

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German (57)

English (48)

Dutch (37)

Hungarian (26)

Polish (25)

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Romanian (16)

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