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Where does “balettipantomiimi” come from?

balettipantomiimi (Finnish) comes from Finnish baletti, from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et.

balettipantomiimi (Finnish): ballet-pantomime, pantomime ballet

Definitions

  1. ballet-pantomime, pantomime ballet

Ancestry of “balettipantomiimi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbalettiballet
2Frenchballetballet
3Middle Frenchballet—
4ItalianballettoDiminutive of ballo; short dance; ballet; ballet...
5Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
6English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
7Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
8Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
9Latin-ātus—
10Proto-Italic-ātos—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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