Where does “ardbhaile” come from?
ardbhaile (Irish) comes from Irish baile, from English ballet, from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et.
ardbhaile (Irish): chief town, centre
Ancestry of “ardbhaile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | baile | home; settlement; genitive singular of bail |
| 2 | English | ballet | A classical form of dance; A theatrical... |
| 3 | French | ballet | ballet |
| 4 | Middle French | ballet | — |
| 5 | Italian | balletto | Diminutive of ballo; short dance; ballet; ballet... |
| 6 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 7 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 8 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 9 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 10 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |