Where does “balotemen” come from?

balotemen (Indonesian) comes from English ballottement, from French ballottement, from French ballotter, from French -oter, from Middle French -oter, from Old French -oter, from French -er, from English -er — he, she.

balotemen (Indonesian): ballottement

Definitions

  1. ballottement

Ancestry of “balotemen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishballottementA method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the...
2Frenchballottementrocking; tossing
3Frenchballotterto toss (around), to jolt
4French-oterForming verbs from other verbs, with a diminutive...
5Middle French-oter
6Old French-oter
7French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
8English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
9Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
10Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
11Latin-ārefirst conjugation
12Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
13Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
14Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
15Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
16Chichewaiyehe, she
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