Where does “Balt” come from?

Balt (English) comes from English Baltic, from Latin Balticus, from Latin Balthae — dwellers near the Baltic sea.

Balt (English): An ethnic descendant of the Indo-European Baltic...

Definitions

  1. An ethnic descendant of the Indo-European Baltic...

Ancestry of “Balt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBalticOf or pertaining to the Baltic region or the...
2LatinBalticusBaltic
3LatinBalthaedwellers near the Baltic sea
Every word from Latin Balthae →Every word from Latin Balticus →Every word from English Baltic →