English
balletomane
Balletomane comes from Italian balletto ‘diminutive of ballo’, from ballo ‘group dance’, and ultimately from Late Latin ballō.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEballō‘to dance’
- Italianc. 1300–presentballo‘group dance’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentballetto‘diminutive of ballo’diminutive form of ballo
- Frenchc. 1600–presentballet
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentballetomane
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEballō‘to dance’
- Italianc. 1300–presentballo‘group dance’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentballetto‘diminutive of ballo’diminutive form of ballo
- Frenchc. 1600–presentballet
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentballetomane
- Englishtodaysame form
Equivalent to ballet + -o- + -mane
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- ‘to throw, reach, pierce’
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Italian ballare ‘to dance’
Italian ballo ‘group dance’
Italian balletto ‘short dance, ballet’
French ballet
English ballet
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- ‘to throw’
symbol, devil, metabolic, emblem, hyperbolic, quail, ballistic, parable, quill, quell, parabolic, embolism, obelisk, anabolic, pul, metabolize, hyperbola, ballista, 65 more
through Late Latin ballō ‘to dance’
Today it means
noun A ballet enthusiast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin ballō / balletomane