Where does “ballotin” come from?
ballotin (English) comes from French ballotin, from French ballot, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla.
ballotin (English): A small, elegant box; An officer in charge of a...
Definitions
- A small, elegant box; An officer in charge of a...
Ancestry of “ballotin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ballotin | a small, elegant box, usually of cardboard,... |
| 2 | French | ballot | bundle, package; fool, nitwit |
| 3 | French | balle | (small) ball |
| 4 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 5 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 6 | Old French | balle | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 8 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |