Where does “ballon” come from?
ballon (Middle French) comes from Italian pallone, from Spanish balón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
ballon (Middle French): large ball
Definitions
- large ball
Ancestry of “ballon”, step by step
ballon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian pallone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pallone | ball, football; balloon, aerostat |
| 2 | Spanish | balón | ball; balloon |
| 3 | Spanish | -ón | emphasizes that something is large, grand,... |
| 4 | English | -ön | Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta |
| 5 | English | -one | a ketone; any similar compound containing a... |
| 6 | English | ketone | A homologous series of organic molecules whose... |
| 7 | German | Keton | ketone |
| 8 | German | Aketon | acetone |
| 9 | French | acétone | acetone |
| 10 | Latin | acētum | vinegar |
| 11 | French | -ate | ate |
| 12 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via Italian balone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | balone | — |