Where does “Balkanization” come from?

Balkanization (English) comes from English Balkan, from Ottoman Turkish بالقان — The Balkan mountains.

Balkanization (English): The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into...

Definitions

  1. The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into...

Ancestry of “Balkanization”, step by step

Balkanization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Balkan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBalkanOf or relating to the Balkan Peninsula; Of or...
2Ottoman TurkishبالقانThe Balkan mountains

via English ization

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishization—

Words derived from “Balkanization”

Every word from Ottoman Turkish بالقان →Every word from English Balkan →