Where does “Múa Ba Lê” come from?

Múa Ba Lê (Vietnamese) comes from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Múa Ba Lê (Vietnamese): ballet

Definitions

  1. ballet

Ancestry of “Múa Ba Lê”, step by step

Múa Ba Lê traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French ballet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchballetballet
2Middle Frenchballet
3ItalianballettoDiminutive of ballo; short dance; ballet; ballet...
4Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
5English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
6Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
7Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
8Latin-ātused
9Proto-Italic-ātos
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Vietnamese múa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemúato dance
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Italian -etto
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