Where does “emballasje” come from?
emballasje (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French emballage, from French emballer, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla.
emballasje (Norwegian Bokmål): packaging
Definitions
- packaging
Ancestry of “emballasje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | emballage | wrapping; packaging |
| 2 | French | emballer | to pack up; to wrap up; to parcel; to thrill, to... |
| 3 | French | balle | (small) ball |
| 4 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 5 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 6 | Old French | balle | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 8 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |