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English word balcony comes from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg'-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ-, Proto-Indo-European *bhelg-, Old Italian balcone, and later Old High German balko (Beam.)

*bhelg'- (Proto-Indo-European)

*bʰelǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)

beam, pile, prop

*bhelg- (Proto-Indo-European)

balcone (Old Italian)

*balkuz (Proto-Germanic)

balko (Langobardic)

balko (Old High German)

Beam.

balcone (Italian)

Balcony.

balcony (English)

(architecture) An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.. An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.

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