Where does “balloter” come from?
balloter (English) comes from English ballot, from Italian ballotta, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
balloter (English): One who votes by ballot
Definitions
- One who votes by ballot
Ancestry of “balloter”, step by step
balloter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ballot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ballot | "Originally", a small ball placed in a container... |
| 2 | Italian | ballotta | boiled chestnut; ballot; shot, ball |
| 3 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 4 | Old French | balle | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 6 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |