balcone

Italian

Etymology

From Old Italian balcone (“scaffold”), borrowed from Lombardic *balk, balko (“beam”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Akin to Old English balca (“beam, ridge”). More at balk.

Noun

balcone m (plural balconi)

1. balcony

Synonyms

• terrazzo, terrazza

Derived terms

• balconata
• balconcino

Descendants

• → Catalan: balcó
• → Danish: balkon
• → Dutch: balkon
• → English: balcony
• → French: balcon
  • → German: Balkon
• → Hungarian: balkon
• → Polish: balkon
• → Portuguese: balcão
• → Romanian: balcon
• → Spanish: balcón
• → Swedish: balkong
• → Venetian: balcon