Where does “balletschoen” come from?

balletschoen (Dutch) comes from Dutch ballet, from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

balletschoen (Dutch): ballet shoe

Definitions

  1. ballet shoe

Ancestry of “balletschoen”, step by step

balletschoen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch ballet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchballetballet
2Frenchballetballet
3Middle Frenchballet
4ItalianballettoDiminutive of ballo; short dance; ballet; ballet...
5Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
6English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
7Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
8Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
9Latin-ātused
10Proto-Italic-ātos
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Dutch schoen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschoenshoe
2Middle Dutchschoeshoe
3Old Dutchskuo
4Old Saxonskōhshoe
5Proto-West Germanicskōhshoe
6Proto-Germanicskōhazshoe
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos
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