Where does “bérpalota” come from?
bérpalota (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian palota, from English ballot, from Italian ballotta, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz.
bérpalota (Hungarian): multi-storey, ornate tenement house
Definitions
- multi-storey, ornate tenement house
Ancestry of “bérpalota”, step by step
bérpalota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian palota
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | palota | palace |
| 2 | English | ballot | "Originally", a small ball placed in a container... |
| 3 | Italian | ballotta | boiled chestnut; ballot; shot, ball |
| 4 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 5 | Old French | balle | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 7 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Hungarian bér
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | bér | wage; hired, rented, for hire |