Where does “emballage” come from?
emballage (Danish) comes from French emballage, from French emballer, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla.
emballage (Danish): packaging; wrapping
Definitions
- packaging; wrapping
Ancestry of “emballage”, step by step
emballage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French emballage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | emballage | wrapping; packaging |
| 2 | French | emballer | to pack up; to wrap up; to parcel; to thrill, to... |
| 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- | — |
via Danish emballere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | emballere | to pack, wrap up |