Where does “billette” come from?
billette (Middle French) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
billette (Middle French): small ball; a game using small balls; firewood;...
Definitions
- small ball; a game using small balls; firewood;...
Ancestry of “billette”, step by step
billette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French billette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | billette | billet |
| 2 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 4 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |