Where does “ballet” come from?
ballet (French) comes from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
ballet (French): ballet
Definitions
- ballet
Ancestry of “ballet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | ballet | — |
| 2 | Italian | balletto | Diminutive of ballo; short dance; ballet; ballet... |
| 3 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 4 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 5 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 6 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |