Where does “unbillet” come from?
unbillet (English) comes from English billet, from Middle French billette, from Old French billette, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia, from Proto-Celtic belyom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.
unbillet (English): To remove (soldiers) from their lodgings in a private house
Definitions
- To remove (soldiers) from their lodgings in a private house
Ancestry of “unbillet”, step by step
unbillet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English billet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | billet | A short informal letter; A written order to... |
| 2 | Middle French | billette | small ball; a game using small balls; firewood;... |
| 3 | Old French | billette | billet |
| 4 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |