ballare
Italian (Fiorentino)
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to dance
- (intransitive) to fidget
- (intransitive) to totter, wobble, shake
- (transitive) to dance or perform a particular dance
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ballāre derived from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (jump about, throw) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bal- (dance, shake).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bal-
Gloss
dance, shake
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ballabile English
- ballerino English
- bailata Finnish
- *ballizare Latin
- *bellatorium Latin
- ballare Latin
- ballus Latin
- ballāre Latin
- ballō Latin
- balteāre Latin
- vallis Latin
- ballabile Italian
- ballabilità Italian
- ballatoio Italian
- ballerino Italian
- riballare Italian
- traballamento Italian
- traballare Italian
- ballabile French
- ballerin French
- балабиль Russian
- bailar Spanish, Castilian
- bailotear Spanish, Castilian
- βάλλω Ancient Greek
- βαλλίζω Ancient Greek
- *bal- Proto-Indo-European
- *blek- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷl̥H-id-yé- Proto-Indo-European
- bailar Portuguese
- embalar Portuguese
- pleye Middle English
- balar Old Occitan
- ballada Old Occitan
- ballare Sardinian
- balēr Emilian