balç
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin balteum, balteus (“belt”). Compare Occitan baus and Italian balzo (“crag”).
Pronunciation
Noun
balç m (plural balços)
Further reading
- “balç” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “balç”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “balteus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 1: A–B, page 226