Where does “bilyaran” come from?
bilyaran (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bilyar, from Spanish billar, from French billard, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia.
bilyaran (Tagalog): An establishment containing billiard tables; a...
Definitions
- An establishment containing billiard tables; a...
Ancestry of “bilyaran”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | bilyar | billiards; pool; billiard table |
| 2 | Spanish | billar | billiards; pool; An establishment accommodating... |
| 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- | — |