balzo

See also: balzò

Esperanto

Etymology

Phonological borrowing from French balsa, from Spanish balsa, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalzo]
• Rhymes: -alzo
• Hyphenation: bal‧zo

Noun

balzo (accusative singular balzon, plural balzoj, accusative plural balzojn)

1. balsa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.t͡so/
• Rhymes: -altso
• Hyphenation: bàl‧zo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from balzare +‎ -o.

Noun

balzo m (plural balzi, diminutive balzétto or balzèllo)

1. leap, jump

Etymology 2

From Latin balteus (“belt”). Doublet of the borrowing balteo. Compare Catalan balç (“precipice”).

Noun

balzo m (plural balzi)

2. crag, cliff
3. (nautical) boatswain's chair

   Synonym: bansigo

Etymology 3

Verb

balzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of balzare

Further reading

• 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, volumes 1: A–B, page 226