balaustro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin balaustium (“flower of the wild pomegranate”), from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion). So named because of resemblance to the swelling form of the half-open flower.

Noun

balaustro m (plural balaustri)

  1. (architecture) [16th century] baluster, each of the pillars in a balustrade, for example in a handrail or parapet
  2. (architecture) [17th century] the round part on the side of a Ionic column capital

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle French: balustre
    • French: balustre
      • → Catalan: balustre
      • → German: Baluster
      • → Serbo-Croatian: (or directly from Italian)
        • Cyrillic script: ба̀лустар
        • Latin script: bàlustar
        • → Macedonian: балустер (baluster)
    • → English: baluster; banister, bannister

References

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