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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.

balettcipő (Hungarian): ballet shoe

Definitions

  1. ballet shoe

Ancestry of “balettcipő”, step by step

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-ātus—
11Proto-Italic-ātos—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “balettcipő”

  • balettcipők
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →