Where does “ballonet” come from?
ballonet (English) comes from French ballonnet, from French ballon, from Middle French ballon, from Italian pallone, from Spanish balón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one.
ballonet (English): Any of several small balloons, inside a...
Definitions
- Any of several small balloons, inside a...
Ancestry of “ballonet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | ballonnet | small ball; small balloon; ballonet |
| 2 | French | ballon | ball; balloon; round-bottom flask |
| 3 | Middle French | ballon | large ball |
| 4 | Italian | pallone | ball, football; balloon, aerostat |
| 5 | Spanish | balón | ball; balloon |
| 6 | Spanish | -ón | emphasizes that something is large, grand,... |
| 7 | English | -ön | — |
| 8 | English | -one | a ketone; any similar compound containing a... |
| 9 | English | ketone | A homologous series of organic molecules whose... |
| 10 | German | Keton | ketone |
| 11 | German | Aketon | acetone |
| 12 | French | acétone | acetone |
| 13 | Latin | acētum | — |
| 14 | French | -ate | -ate |
| 15 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |