Etymology

balise

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Today it means: An electronic beacon or transponder placed between the rails of a railway. Full definition →

French balise
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frombalise
  2. French · borrowed frombalise
  3. English todaybalise

Borrowed from French balise.

Words from the same roots

Frenchbalise all →

balize

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.