Where does “bolillero” come from?
bolillero (Spanish) comes from Spanish bolillo, from Spanish bolo, from Spanish Bolívar, from Basque Bolibar, from Basque bolu, from Latin molīnum, from Latin molīnus, from Latin mola — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
bolillero (Spanish): pot object from which items are taken during a lottery-style draw
Definitions
- pot object from which items are taken during a lottery-style draw
Ancestry of “bolillero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | bolillo | bread roll; type of bread; Someone of Caucasian... |
| 2 | Spanish | bolo | bolus; bowling; drunk |
| 3 | Spanish | Bolívar | Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), South American leader, the most famous person with this surname |
| 4 | Basque | Bolibar | — |
| 5 | Basque | bolu | windmill |
| 6 | Latin | molīnum | a mill |
| 7 | Latin | molīnus | mill |
| 8 | Latin | mola | millstone; mill; ground meal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |