English ballad

← English ballade (doublet)

← French ballade (borrowed)

← Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (root)

← Old Occitan ballada (derived)

→ English ball (link)

→ English balladeer (suffix)

→ English balladry (suffix)

→ English balladlike (suffix)

→ English ballade (doublet)

→ English balladic (suffix)

→ English ballader (suffix)

→ English balladmonger (compound)

→ English balladesque (suffix)

→ English balladist (suffix)

→ English balladwise (suffix)

→ English balladize (suffix)

→ Welsh baled (derived)

→ Hungarian ballada (cognate)

→ Japanese バラード (borrowed)

→ Korean 발라드 (borrowed)

→ Thai บัลลาด (borrowed)