Etymology

pallone

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Today it means: A traditional Italian game played with a large leather ball. Full definition →

Italian pallone
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The story

  1. Italian · borrowed frompallone“large ball”
  2. English todaypallone

Borrowed from Italian pallone (“large ball”), from palla (“ball”). Doublet of balloon.

Words from the same roots

Italianpallone all →

balloon

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