Where does “balo” come from?
balo (Bwatoo) comes from French ballon, from Middle French ballon, from Italian pallone, from Spanish balón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone.
balo (Bwatoo): ball
Ancestry of “balo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | ballon | ball; balloon; round-bottom flask |
| 2 | Middle French | ballon | large ball |
| 3 | Italian | pallone | ball, football; balloon, aerostat |
| 4 | Spanish | balón | ball; balloon |
| 5 | Spanish | -ón | emphasizes that something is large, grand,... |
| 6 | English | -ön | — |
| 7 | English | -one | a ketone; any similar compound containing a... |
| 8 | English | ketone | A homologous series of organic molecules whose... |
| 9 | German | Keton | ketone |
| 10 | German | Aketon | acetone |
| 11 | French | acétone | acetone |
| 12 | Latin | acētum | — |
| 13 | French | -ate | -ate |
| 14 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |