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Where does “balloonless” come from?

balloonless (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.

balloonless (English): Without a balloon or balloons

Definitions

  1. Without a balloon or balloons

Ancestry of “balloonless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishballoonAn inflatable buoyant object, often round and...
2Frenchballonball; balloon; round-bottom flask
3Middle Frenchballonlarge ball
4Italianpalloneball, football; balloon, aerostat
5Spanishbalónball; balloon
6Spanish-ónemphasizes that something is large, grand,...
7English-ön—
8English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
9EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
10GermanKetonketone
11GermanAketonacetone
12Frenchacétoneacetone
13Latinacētum—
14Latinaceō—
15Proto-Italicakēōbe sharp-tasting, be sour
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti—
17Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →