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Where does “antibales” come from?

antibales (Catalan) comes from Catalan bala, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz.

antibales (Catalan): bulletproof

Definitions

  1. bulletproof

Ancestry of “antibales”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanbalabale; bullet; marble
2Frenchballeball; bullet; franc , euro
3Middle Frenchballeball; bundle
4Italianballalarge bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,...
5Old Frenchballe—
6Medieval Latinballa—
7Frankishballa—
8Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →