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Where does “rockoon” come from?

rockoon (English) comes from English balloon, from French ballon, from Middle French ballon, from Italian pallone, from Spanish balón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one.

rockoon (English): A rocket, powered by solid fuel, that is not lit...

Definitions

  1. A rocket, powered by solid fuel, that is not lit...

Ancestry of “rockoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishballoonAn inflatable buoyant object, often round and...
2Frenchballonball; balloon; round-bottom flask
3Middle Frenchballonlarge ball
4Italianpalloneball, football; balloon, aerostat
5Spanishbalónball; balloon
6Spanish-ónemphasizes that something is large, grand,...
7English-ön—
8English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
9EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
10GermanKetonketone
11GermanAketonacetone
12Frenchacétoneacetone
13Latinacētum—
14French-ate-ate
15Latin-ātus—
16Proto-Italic-ātos—
17Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →