Where does “Christmas tree bill” come from?
Christmas tree bill (English) comes from English Christmas tree, from English Christmas, from Middle English Cristemasse, from Old English Cristes mæsse, from Old English mæsse, from Vulgar Latin messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Christmas tree bill (English): A bill consisting of many riders that attracts...
Definitions
- A bill consisting of many riders that attracts...
Ancestry of “Christmas tree bill”, step by step
Christmas tree bill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Christmas tree
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Christmas tree | A conifer used during the Christmas holiday... |
| 2 | English | Christmas | A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs including gift-giving, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places |
| 3 | Middle English | Cristemasse | Christmas the 25th of December |
| 4 | Old English | Cristes mæsse | Christmas |
| 5 | Old English | mæsse | mass |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | messa | Eucharist, dismissal; Eucharist; dismissal;... |
| 7 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 8 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 9 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
via English Bill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bill | A nickname for the British constabulary. Often called "The Bill" or "Old Bill" |
| 2 | Middle English | bill | — |
| 3 | Old English | bil | a kind of sword or other bladed weapon,... |
| 4 | Frankish | billi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bilją | a cutting implement; blade; axe; sword; spike;... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |