Where does “balcony” come from?
Balcony comes from Italian balcone, derived from Old Italian balco, a platform or scaffold projecting from a wall.
balcony (English): An accessible structure extending from a...
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- An accessible structure extending from a...
Ancestry of “balcony”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | balcone | balcony |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | balco | balcony, raised seat |
| 3 | Frankish | balkō | beam, balk |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | balkô | beam, balk |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵ- | to balk, beam |
Words derived from “balcony”