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Where does “abbigliare” come from?

abbigliare (Italian) comes from French habiller, from Old French abiller, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia, from Proto-Celtic belyom.

abbigliare (Italian): to dress; to embellish, to ornate

Definitions

  1. to dress; to embellish, to ornate

Ancestry of “abbigliare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhabillerto dress; to get dressed; to dress in a certain...
2Old Frenchabiller—
3Frenchbillemarble; ball; ball bearing
4Middle Frenchbille—
5Old Frenchbillestick; baton; written decree, announcement
6Vulgar Latinbillia—
7Gaulishbiliatall tree
8Proto-Celticbelyomtree
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “abbigliare”

  • abbigliatura
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →