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

billet de banque traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French billet

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
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-	—

via French banque

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	banque	bank
2	Italian	banco	desk; counter; bench, table
3	Old High German	bank	bench
4	Proto-West Germanic	banki	bench
5	Proto-Germanic	bankiz	a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
6	Proto-Indo-European	bʰeg-	to break

via French de

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	de	of; from; used attributively, often translated...
2	Latin	de	The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,...
3	Proto-Indo-European	de	Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →