köken: Inherited from Old French balade, from Provençal balada (“song for dancing”), from balar (“to dance”), from Late Latin ballare, borrowed from, or related to, Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō). Doublet of ballée.
köken: Reminescence of the Central Italian verb gire (“to go”), derived from Latin īta, feminine of ītum, ultimately from Latin īre. Cognate with Sicilian juta. Cf. the regional use of gimo (“we go, let's go”).