Where does “bilyaran” come from?
bilyaran (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano bilyar, from Spanish billar, from French billard, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia.
bilyaran (Cebuano): a billiard hall; a billiard room
Definitions
- a billiard hall; a billiard room
Ancestry of “bilyaran”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | bilyar | the game of billiards; any other cue sport |
| 2 | Spanish | billar | billiards; pool; An establishment accommodating... |
| 3 | French | billard | billiards; pool table; operating table |
| 4 | French | bille | marble; ball; ball bearing |
| 5 | Middle French | bille | — |
| 6 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 8 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |