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Where does “baluchon” come from?

baluchon (French) comes from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

baluchon (French): a bindle, a swag

Definitions

  1. a bindle, a swag

Ancestry of “baluchon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchballeball; bullet; franc , euro
2Middle Frenchballeball; bundle
3Italianballalarge bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,...
4Old Frenchballe—
5Medieval Latinballa—
6Frankishballa—
7Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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