Where does “авиабиле́т” come from?
авиабиле́т (Russian) comes from Russian биле́т, 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.
авиабиле́т (Russian): airplane ticket
Definitions
- airplane ticket
Ancestry of “авиабиле́т”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | биле́т | ticket (admission to entertainment or transportation) |
| 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- | — |