Where does “ballottage” come from?
ballottage (French) comes from French ballotter, from French -oter, from Middle French -oter, from Old French -oter, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.
ballottage (French): second ballot, runoff
Definitions
- second ballot, runoff
Ancestry of “ballottage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ballotter | to toss (around), to jolt |
| 2 | French | -oter | Forming verbs from other verbs, with a diminutive... |
| 3 | Middle French | -oter | — |
| 4 | Old French | -oter | — |
| 5 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |