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baluster

Meaninga baluster, small pillar

Common meaning: a short upright support in a railing

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GAR‘fall’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 96, p. 733 · scan
  2. Italianbalaustro‘a baluster, small pillar’source
  3. Frenchbalustre‘small column’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftssmall column → a short upright support in a railingbaluster‘a short upright support in a railing’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Italian balaustro ‘a baluster, small pillar’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BALUSTER, p. 49 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • balaustro Italian “a baluster, small pillar”

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