The story
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
- Late Latinballāre
- Italianballare
- Italianballo
- Italianballetto
- Frenchballet
- English todayballet
Borrowed from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive form of ballo (“group dance”) (cognate with Old French bal, whence English ball), from Late Latin ballō (“to dance”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.