Where does “billettautomat” come from?
billettautomat (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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 Nynorsk): a ticket machine
Definitions
- a ticket machine
Ancestry of “billettautomat”, step by step
billettautomat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk billett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | 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 Nynorsk automat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | automat | an automaton; a slot machine |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |