Where does “Ban-ti-mo” come from?

Ban-ti-mo (Vietnamese) comes from English Baltimore, from Irish baile, from English ballet, from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto, from Italian -etto, from English -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Ban-ti-mo (Vietnamese): Baltimore

Definitions

  1. Baltimore

Ancestry of “Ban-ti-mo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBaltimoreSynonym of Baltimore oriole
2Irishbailehome; settlement; genitive singular of bail
3EnglishballetA classical form of dance; A theatrical...
4Frenchballetballet
5Middle Frenchballet
6ItalianballettoDiminutive of ballo; short dance; ballet; ballet...
7Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
8English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
9Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
10Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
11Latin-ātused
12Proto-Italic-ātos
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos