balcony

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A platform that sticks out from the wall of a building, usually with a railing, where you can stand outside.

   We had breakfast on the balcony overlooking the sea.

2. 2
   noun

   The upper floor of seats in a theatre or cinema.

   We had cheap seats up in the balcony.

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *balkô Frankish *balkōbor. Medieval Latin balcōbor. Italian balconebor. English balcony From Italian balcone (“balcony, floor-length window”), from Old Italian balcone (“scaffold”) from Lombardic *balk, *balko (“beam”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Akin to Old High German balco, balcho (“beam”), Old English balca (“beam, ridge”). More at balk.

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