Where does “biliargiu” come from?
biliargiu (Romanian) comes from Romanian biliard, from Italian biliardo, from French billard, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia.
biliargiu (Romanian): billiards player
Definitions
- billiards player
Ancestry of “biliargiu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | biliard | billiards, pool |
| 2 | Italian | biliardo | billiards, pool; a thousand trillion |
| 3 | French | billard | billiards; pool table; operating table |
| 4 | French | bille | marble; ball; ball bearing |
| 5 | Middle French | bille | — |
| 6 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 8 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |