Where does “embalatge” come from?
embalatge (Catalan) comes from Catalan embalar, from Catalan bala, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla.
embalatge (Catalan): packaging the act of packing something
Definitions
- packaging the act of packing something
Ancestry of “embalatge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | embalar | to pack up, to package |
| 2 | Catalan | bala | bale; bullet; marble |
| 3 | French | balle | (small) ball |
| 4 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 5 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 6 | Old French | balle | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 8 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |