Where does “бакборд” come from?
бакборд (Bulgarian) comes from English backboard, from Dutch bakboord, from Dutch bak, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea — Forms comparative adjectives.
бакборд (Bulgarian): backboard
Definitions
- backboard
Ancestry of “бакборд”, step by step
бакборд traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English backboard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | backboard | The flat vertical surface to which the basket is... |
| 2 | Dutch | bakboord | port |
| 3 | Dutch | bak | a container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a... |
| 4 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 5 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 7 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 8 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 9 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 10 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 11 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 12 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 13 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 14 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |