balzo
See also: balzò
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Phonological borrowing from French balsa, from Spanish balsa, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balzo (accusative singular balzon, plural balzoj, accusative plural balzojn)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
balzo m (plural balzi, diminutive balzétto or balzèllo)
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin balteus (“belt”). Doublet of the borrowing balteo. Compare Catalan balç (“precipice”).
Noun edit
balzo m (plural balzi)
- crag, cliff
- (nautical) boatswain's chair
- Synonym: bansigo
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
balzo
Further reading edit
- balzo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- balzo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “balteus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 1: A–B, page 226