Where does “billet de banque” come from?
billet de banque (French) comes from French billet, from Old French billette, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia, from Proto-Celtic belyom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
billet de banque (French): A banknote, physical unit of paper currency
Definitions
- A banknote, physical unit of paper currency
Ancestry of “billet de banque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | billet | ticket; note, a brief message; banknote |
| 2 | Old French | billette | billet |
| 3 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 5 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |