Where does “balotar” come from?
balotar (Spanish) comes from Spanish balota, from French ballotte, from Italian ballotta, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz.
balotar (Spanish): to ballot
Definitions
- to ballot
Ancestry of “balotar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | balota | ballot |
| 2 | French | ballotte | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Italian | ballotta | boiled chestnut; ballot; shot, ball |
| 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- | — |