Where does “μπιλιέτο” come from?
μπιλιέτο (Greek) comes from Italian biglietto, 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.
μπιλιέτο (Greek): note, billet; card, note; visiting card, card
Definitions
- note, billet; card, note; visiting card, card
Ancestry of “μπιλιέτο”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | biglietto | ticket; card; note, slip |
| 2 | French | billet | ticket; note, a brief message; banknote |
| 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- | — |