bal.
ball (formal dance)
Meaning & usage
ball (formal dance)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Late Latin ballareder. Old French baller Old French bal French balbor. Polish bal Borrowed from French bal. First attested in 1665–1683.
log (large cut piece of wood)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *balkô Proto-West Germanic *balkō Old High German balko German Balkenbor. Polish bal Borrowed from German Balken. First attested in 1594.
bale (rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation, ten reams)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Middle High German ballebor. Old Polish bal Polish bal Inherited from Old Polish bal.
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