'balletic' originates from English, specifically formed from the noun 'ballet' with the suffix '-ic', where 'ballet' comes from French 'ballet' (from Italian 'balletto') meaning 'little dance' and the suffix '-ic' meant 'pertaining to' (relating to).

'ballet' came into English from French 'ballet', which came from Italian 'balletto' (a diminutive of 'ballo' meaning 'dance'), and the English adjective 'balletic' developed by adding the adjectival suffix '-ic' to 'ballet' to mean 'of or like ballet'.

Initially, the root 'ballet' meant 'little dance'; over time the adjective 'balletic' evolved to mean 'resembling or characteristic of ballet' and by extension 'graceful or elegant in movement'.