Where does “balcon” come from?

balcon (French) comes from Italian balcone, from Medieval Latin balco, from Frankish balkō, from Proto-Germanic balkô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ- — to balk, beam.

balcon (French): balcony

Definitions

  1. balcony

Ancestry of “balcon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbalconebalcony
2Medieval Latinbalcobalcony, raised seat
3Frankishbalkōbeam, balk
4Proto-Germanicbalkôbeam, balk
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵ-to balk, beam

Words derived from “balcon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ- →