Where does “baloncesto” come from?
baloncesto (Spanish) comes from Spanish balón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
baloncesto (Spanish): basketball
Definitions
- basketball
Ancestry of “baloncesto”, step by step
baloncesto traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish balón
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | balón | ball; balloon |
| 2 | Spanish | -ón | emphasizes that something is large, grand,... |
| 3 | English | -ön | Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta |
| 4 | English | -one | a ketone; any similar compound containing a... |
| 5 | English | ketone | A homologous series of organic molecules whose... |
| 6 | German | Keton | ketone |
| 7 | German | Aketon | acetone |
| 8 | French | acétone | acetone |
| 9 | Latin | acētum | vinegar |
| 10 | French | -ate | ate |
| 11 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via English basketball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | basketball | A sport in which two opposing teams of five... |
| 2 | English | Ball | surname |
| 3 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 4 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 5 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 6 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 7 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |