Where does “balloonful” come from?
balloonful (English) comes from English balloon, from French ballon, from Middle French ballon, from Italian pallone, from Spanish balón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one — sharp.
balloonful (English): Enough to fill a balloon
Definitions
- Enough to fill a balloon
Ancestry of “balloonful”, step by step
balloonful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English balloon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | balloon | An inflatable buoyant object, often round and... |
| 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 | Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta |
| 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 | vinegar |
| 14 | Latin | aceō | to be sour |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | akēō | be sharp-tasting, be sour |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |
via English ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |