Where does “balcone” come from?

balcone (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin balco, from Frankish balkō, from Proto-Germanic balkô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ- — to balk, beam.

balcone (Italian): balcony

Definitions

  1. balcony

Ancestry of “balcone”, step by step

balcone traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Medieval Latin balco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinbalcobalcony, raised seat
2Frankishbalkōbeam, balk
3Proto-Germanicbalkôbeam, balk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵ-to balk, beam

via Old Italian balco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Italianbalcoscaffold

via Ligurian balko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ligurianbalko—

Words derived from “balcone”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic balkô →Every word from Frankish balkō →