The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβαλαύστιον
- Latin · derived frombalaustium
- Old French · derived frombalestre
- English todaybalistraria
From balister (“crossbow”), from Old French balestre, ultimately from Latin balaustium, Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion). See also arbalister (“crossbowman”).
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchbalestre all →
balister
Latinbalaustium all →
balustradebaluster
Ancient Greekβαλαύστιον all →
balustradebaluster
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.