Where does “balón” come from?
balón (Spanish) comes from Spanish bala, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz.
balón (Spanish): ball; balloon
Definitions
- ball; balloon
Ancestry of “balón”, step by step
balón traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish bala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | bala | bullet |
| 2 | French | balle | (small) ball |
| 3 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 4 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 5 | Old French | balle | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 7 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via German handball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | handball | handball Olympic team sport |
| 2 | German | hand | hand |
| 3 | Middle High German | hant | hand |
| 4 | Old High German | hant | hand |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 6 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 7 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 8 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |