The corpus record — Latin

ballo

ballo · v. n

to dance

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

ballo — Lewis & Short

ballo, āre, v. n.ba/llw, balli/cw,

I to dance, Aug. Serm. 215 (hence, Fr. bal; Engl. ball).

In the wild

Balla Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.5

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ballo (scan p. 819; entry #17465).

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