Noun: ballesta
Gender: f
Hyphenation: ba‧lles‧ta
| Singular f | ballesta |
| Plural f | ballestas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ballesta
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.
3. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō
4. Ancient Greek βᾰ́λλω (bắllō)
5. Ancient Greek βαλλίστρᾱ (ballístrā)der.
6. Latin ballistader.
7. Old Spanish ballesta
8. Spanish ballesta
9. Inherited from Old Spanish ballesta, from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra). Doublet of balista, which is a Latin borrowing. See: Latin Nouns '
ballista', Ancient Greek Nouns '
βαλλίστρα'.
Verbs referencing "ballesta"
Catalan Nouns
ballesta, Galician Nouns
bésta.
Translations