Where does “balizaj” come from?
balizaj (Romanian) comes from French balisage, from French baliser, from French balise, from Portuguese baliza, from Latin palitium, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos — to attach.
balizaj (Romanian): beaconing
Definitions
- beaconing
Ancestry of “balizaj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | balisage | mark; marking; tag |
| 2 | French | baliser | to mark with beacons; to waymark, to signpost; to... |
| 3 | French | balise | beacon; tag; buoy, seamark |
| 4 | Portuguese | baliza | boundary; goal; buoy, marker |
| 5 | Latin | palitium | — |
| 6 | Latin | pālus | swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pākslos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ-slos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |