Balloon
/bəˈluːn/noun
A large bag or globe filled with gas or air, or a rounded glass vessel.
Did you know?English got balloon through French, but the deeper root is the same ancient sphere-word behind scholarly terms for a globe or orb, not anything occult.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bhel-
“to swell, blow, or inflate”
Latin
Latin
bulla
“a bubble, swelling, or round object”
Italian
Italian
ballone
“a large ball”
French
Old French
ballon
“a large ball or inflated object”
English
English
balloon
“an inflated bag or rounded vessel”