Where does “billettautomat” come from?
billettautomat (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål billett, 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.
billettautomat (Norwegian Bokmål): a ticket machine
Definitions
- a ticket machine
Ancestry of “billettautomat”, step by step
billettautomat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål billett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | billett | a ticket |
| 2 | French | billet | ticket; note, a brief message; banknote |
| 3 | Old French | billette | billet |
| 4 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål automat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | automat | vending machine |