Where does “padang bilun” come from?
padang bilun (Iban) comes from Icelandic bilun, from English balloon, from French ballon, from Middle French ballon, from Italian pallone, from Spanish balón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön — ate.
padang bilun (Iban): airport
Definitions
- airport
Ancestry of “padang bilun”, step by step
padang bilun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic bilun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | bilun | breakdown (of a car etc.), malfunction |
| 2 | English | balloon | An inflatable buoyant object, often round and... |
| 3 | French | ballon | ball; balloon; round-bottom flask |
| 4 | Middle French | ballon | large ball |
| 5 | Italian | pallone | ball, football; balloon, aerostat |
| 6 | Spanish | balón | ball; balloon |
| 7 | Spanish | -ón | emphasizes that something is large, grand,... |
| 8 | English | -ön | Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta |
| 9 | English | -one | a ketone; any similar compound containing a... |
| 10 | English | ketone | A homologous series of organic molecules whose... |
| 11 | German | Keton | ketone |
| 12 | German | Aketon | acetone |
| 13 | French | acétone | acetone |
| 14 | Latin | acētum | vinegar |
| 15 | French | -ate | ate |