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Origin of balloon

1570–80; <Upper Italian ballone, equivalent to ball(a) (<Langobardic; see ball1) + -one augmentative suffix; or <Middle French ballon<Upper Italian

OTHER WORDS FROM balloon

bal·loon·like, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for balloon

balloon
/ (bəˈluːn) /

noun
verb

Derived forms of balloon

ballooning, nounballoonist, nounballoon-like, adjective

Word Origin for balloon

C16 (in the sense: ball, ball game): from Italian dialect ballone, from balla, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German balla ball 1
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Other Idioms and Phrases with balloon

balloon

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