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Where does “balza” come from?

balza (Italian) comes from Latin baltea, from Latin balteus — A belt, girdle.

balza (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “balza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbaltea—
2LatinbalteusA belt, girdle

Words derived from “balza”

  • balzano
  • balzanamente
Every word from Latin balteus →