Where does “bilyar” come from?
bilyar (Cebuano) comes from Spanish billar, from French billard, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia, from Proto-Celtic belyom.
bilyar (Cebuano): the game of billiards; any other cue sport
Definitions
- the game of billiards; any other cue sport
Ancestry of “bilyar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | billar | billiards; pool; An establishment accommodating... |
| 2 | French | billard | billiards; pool table; operating table |
| 3 | French | bille | marble; ball; ball bearing |
| 4 | Middle French | bille | — |
| 5 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 7 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |