Where does “ballotless” come from?
ballotless (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-.
ballotless (English): Without a ballot
Definitions
- Without a ballot
Ancestry of “ballotless”, step by step
ballotless 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- | — |