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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.