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Where does “biglietto” come from?

biglietto (Italian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.

biglietto (Italian): ticket; card; note, slip

Definitions

  1. ticket; card; note, slip

Ancestry of “biglietto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbilletticket; note, a brief message; banknote
2Old Frenchbillettebillet
3Old Frenchbillestick; baton; written decree, announcement
4Vulgar Latinbillia—
5Gaulishbiliatall tree
6Proto-Celticbelyomtree
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “biglietto”

  • bigliettaio
  • portabiglietti
  • biglietti
  • biglietteria
  • μπιλιέτο
  • Akbil
  • bilet
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