Where does “ballsac” come from?
ballsac (English) comes from English sac, from English sacrifice, from Middle English sacrifice, from Old French sacrifise, from Latin sacrificium, from Latin sacrificus, from Latin sacrificō, from Latin faciō.
ballsac (English): Alternative form of ballsack
Definitions
- Alternative form of ballsack
Ancestry of “ballsac”, step by step
ballsac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sac
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sac | A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that... |
| 2 | English | sacrifice | To offer as a gift to a deity; To give away to... |
| 3 | Middle English | sacrifice | a sacrifice |
| 4 | Old French | sacrifise | sacrifice |
| 5 | Latin | sacrificium | Something made sacred or given to a deity,... |
| 6 | Latin | sacrificus | Of or pertaining to sacrificing, sacrificial;... |
| 7 | Latin | sacrificō | to sacrifice (something) |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English Ball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ball | surname |
| 2 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 3 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 4 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 5 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 6 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |