Where does “paloták” come from?
paloták (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.
paloták (Hungarian): nominative plural of palota
Definitions
- nominative plural of palota
Ancestry of “paloták”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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- | — |