Where does “baloney” come from?
Baloney derives from Bologna, the Italian city name from Latin Bononia, originally referring to sausage made in that region.
baloney (English): A type of sausage; bologna; Nonsense
Definitions
- A type of sausage; bologna; Nonsense
Ancestry of “baloney”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bologna | the capital of Bologna and also of Emilia-Romagna |
| 2 | Italian | Bologna | the letter B in the [[Appendix:Italian spelling alphabet |
| 3 | Latin | Bonōnia | Bologna, Italy |
| 4 | English | unnamed | Not having a name |
| 5 | English | Un- | not |
| 6 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 7 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |