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Where does “boletta” come from?

boletta (Italian) comes from Italian bolla, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

boletta (Italian): tax receipt

Definitions

  1. tax receipt

Ancestry of “boletta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbollabubble; blister; bull ; seal; bill; note
2Latinbullaa bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →