Where does “balettcipő” come from?

balettcipő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian balett, from German Ballett, from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

balettcipő (Hungarian): ballet shoe

Definitions

  1. ballet shoe

Ancestry of “balettcipő”, step by step

balettcipő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian balett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbalettballet
2GermanBallettballet
3Frenchballetballet
4Middle Frenchballet
5ItalianballettoDiminutive of ballo; short dance; ballet; ballet...
6Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
7English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
8Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
9Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
10Latin-ātused
11Proto-Italic-ātos
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Hungarian cipő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancipőshoe
2Hungariancipellőshoe
3Hungariancipellős
4Latinzipellusa kind of footwear

Words derived from “balettcipő

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Italian -etto