Where does “palotámra” come from?
palotámra (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.
palotámra (Hungarian): sublative singular of palotám
Definitions
- sublative singular of palotám
Ancestry of “palotámra”, 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- | — |