balcone

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Contents

1 Italian
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Synonyms
  - 1.2.2 Derived terms

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Italian balcone (“scaffold”), from Lombardic *balko, *balkon- (“beam”) from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg'- (“beam, pile, prop”). Akin to Old High German balco, balcho (“beam”), Old English balca (“beam, ridge”). More at balk.

Noun[edit]

balcone m (plural balconi)

balcony

Synonyms[edit]

terrazzo, terrazza

Derived terms[edit]

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