Where does “بیلت” come from?
بیلت (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Italian biglietto, 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.
بیلت (Ottoman Turkish): ticket, any pass which entitles the holder to be admitted to an event or establishment
Definitions
- ticket, any pass which entitles the holder to be admitted to an event or establishment
Ancestry of “بیلت”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | biglietto | ticket; card; note, slip |
| 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- | — |