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Where does “billiard” come from?

billiard (French) comes from French -illiard, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

billiard (French): 10, a thousand billion by the long scale, a short...

Definitions

  1. 10, a thousand billion by the long scale, a short...

Ancestry of “billiard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-illiard-illiard
2FrenchmilliardA milliard
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīlle—
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “billiard”

  • billiard
  • Billard
  • ビリヤード
  • биљар
  • biljar
  • billéardaí
  • billiardyn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →