Where does “Fesselballon” come from?

Fesselballon (German) comes from German Ballon, from Italian pallone, from Spanish balón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton.

Fesselballon (German): tethered balloon

Definitions

  1. tethered balloon

Ancestry of “Fesselballon”, step by step

Fesselballon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ballon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBallonballoon
2Italianpalloneball, football; balloon, aerostat
3Spanishbalónball; balloon
4Spanish-ónemphasizes that something is large, grand,...
5English-önForming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta
6English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
7EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
8GermanKetonketone
9GermanAketonacetone
10Frenchacétoneacetone
11Latinacētumvinegar
12French-ateate
13Latin-ātused
14Proto-Italic-ātos

via German Fessel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFesselfetter, shackle; pastern
2Middle High Germanvezzel
3Old High Germanfezzilfetter
4Proto-Germanicfatilaz
5Proto-Germanicfatōnąto hold; seize
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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