Where does “biljar” come from?
biljar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Billard, from English billiard, from French billard, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia.
biljar (Serbo-Croatian): billiards
Definitions
- billiards
Ancestry of “biljar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Billard | billiards |
| 2 | English | billiard | A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue... |
| 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- | — |