Where does “bilhardar” come from?
bilhardar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese bilharda, from French billard, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia, from Proto-Celtic belyom.
Ancestry of “bilhardar”, step by step
bilhardar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese bilharda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | bilharda | — |
| 2 | French | billard | billiards; pool table; operating table |
| 3 | French | bille | marble; ball; ball bearing |
| 4 | Middle French | bille | — |
| 5 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 7 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via French billarder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | billarder | — |