Where does “balisage” come from?
balisage (French) comes from French baliser, from French balise, from Portuguese baliza, from Latin palitium, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.
balisage (French): mark; marking; tag
Ancestry of “balisage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | baliser | to mark with beacons; to waymark, to signpost; to... |
| 2 | French | balise | beacon; tag; buoy, seamark |
| 3 | Portuguese | baliza | boundary; goal; buoy, marker |
| 4 | Latin | palitium | — |
| 5 | Latin | pālus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pākslos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ-slos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |