Where does “balletista” come from?
balletista (Spanish) comes from Spanish ballet, from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
balletista (Spanish): ballet dancer
Definitions
- ballet dancer
Ancestry of “balletista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ballet | ballet |
| 2 | French | ballet | ballet |
| 3 | Middle French | ballet | — |
| 4 | Italian | balletto | Diminutive of ballo; short dance; ballet; ballet... |
| 5 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 6 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 7 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 8 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 9 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |