Where does “biliárdok” come from?
biliárdok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian biliárd, from German Billard, from English billiard, from French billard, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia.
Ancestry of “biliárdok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | biliárd | 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 |
| 2 | German | Billard | billiards |
| 3 | English | billiard | A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue... |
| 4 | French | billard | billiards; pool table; operating table |
| 5 | French | bille | marble; ball; ball bearing |
| 6 | Middle French | bille | — |
| 7 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 9 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |