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Where does “ballon” come from?

ballon (French) comes from Middle French ballon, from Italian pallone, from Spanish balón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton.

ballon (French): ball; balloon; round-bottom flask

Definitions

  1. ball; balloon; round-bottom flask

Ancestry of “ballon”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ballon”

  • ballon
  • ballonet
  • ballonnet
  • Versuchsballon
  • Luftballon
  • Ballon
  • Sperrballon
  • balãozinho
  • balão
  • baló
  • botsballon
  • luchtballon
  • ballon
  • tekstballon
  • heteluchtballon
  • balon
  • varmluftballong
  • varmluftsballong
  • ballong
  • varmluftballong
  • varmluftsballong
  • ballong
  • ballon
  • balon
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