Where does “biliárd” come from?
biliárd (Hungarian) comes from German Billard, from English billiard, from French billard, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia.
biliárd (Hungarian): any cue sport, such as billiards or pool a game played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue
Definitions
- any cue sport, such as billiards or pool a game played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue
Ancestry of “biliárd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Billard | billiards |
| 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- | — |