Where does “balustrade” come from?

balustrade (French) comes from Italian balaustrata, from Italian balaustro, from Italian balausta, from Latin balaustium, from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον — flower of the wild pomegranate.

balustrade (French): balustrade

Definitions

  1. balustrade

Ancestry of “balustrade”, step by step

balustrade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian balaustrata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbalaustrataparapet
2Italianbalaustrobaluster, each of the pillars in a balustrade
3Italianbalaustapomegranate flower; pomegranate
4Latinbalaustiumthe flower of the wild pomegranate
5Ancient Greekβαλαύστιονflower of the wild pomegranate

via Middle French balustrade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbalustrade—

Words derived from “balustrade”

Every word from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον →Every word from Latin balaustium →Every word from Italian balausta →