'balladic' originates from English, specifically formed from the word 'ballad' plus the suffix '-ic', where 'ballad' referred to a 'narrative song' (itself from earlier words meaning a dance-song).

'balladic' derives from 'ballad' (Middle English 'balad' or 'ballad'), which came from Old French 'ballade' / Provençal 'ballada' meaning 'dance' or 'dancing song', ultimately from Vulgar Latin/Latin root 'ballare' meaning 'to dance'.

Initially the root meant 'dance' or 'dance-song'; over time it came to mean a 'narrative song or poem' ('ballad'), and 'balladic' developed to mean 'resembling or characteristic of a ballad' in modern English.