Where does “bala” come from?
bala (Tagalog) 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.
bala (Tagalog): bullet
Definitions
- bullet
Ancestry of “bala”, step by step
bala 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 Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *bala | — |