Where does “ბილიარდი” come from?
ბილიარდი (Georgian) comes from Russian билья́рд, from English billiard, from French billard, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia.
ბილიარდი (Georgian): billiards
Ancestry of “ბილიარდი”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | билья́рд | — |
| 2 | English | billiard | A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue... |
| 3 | French | billard | billiards; pool table; operating table |
| 4 | French | bille | marble; ball; ball bearing |
| 5 | Middle French | bille | — |
| 6 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 8 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |