Editing Ballet (section)

==Etymology==
Ballet is a French word which had its origin in Italian ''balletto'', a [[diminutive]] of ''ballo'' (dance) which comes from [[Latin]] ''ballo'', ''ballare'', meaning "to dance",<ref name="chantrell" /><ref name="perseus" /> which in turn comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] "βαλλίζω" (''ballizo''), "to dance, to jump about".<ref name="perseus" /><ref name="harper" /> The word came into English usage from the French around 1630.

In French, the word refers to a ballet performance, a ballet work, and possibly to the dance genre itself, although the expression ''danse classique'' also exists for the latter meaning, is less equivocal and is more commonly used when referring to the learning of this dance.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024|reason=True or not, this is an unsourced opinion from anon. The entire paragraph needs citing.}}