Where does “pollee” come from?

pollee (English) comes from English Poll, from Middle English pol, from Old English pōl, from Proto-West Germanic *pōl, from Proto-Germanic pōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European bale-, from Yoruba ilé — home; house.

pollee (English): Someone who participates in a poll

Definitions

  1. Someone who participates in a poll

Ancestry of “pollee”, step by step

pollee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Poll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPollA common pet name for a parrot
2Middle EnglishpolA pool or pond; a small body of still water especially natural}
3Old Englishpōlpool
4Proto-West Germanic*pōl—
5Proto-Germanicpōlazpool
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
7Yorubailéhome; house

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Yoruba ilé →