Where does “abiye” come from?
abiye (Turkish) comes from French habiller, from Old French abiller, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia, from Proto-Celtic belyom.
abiye (Turkish): a dress which is worn in evenings or special days...
Definitions
- a dress which is worn in evenings or special days...
Ancestry of “abiye”, step by step
abiye traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French habiller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | habiller | to dress; to get dressed; to dress in a certain... |
| 2 | Old French | abiller | — |
| 3 | French | bille | marble; ball; ball bearing |
| 4 | Middle French | bille | — |
| 5 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 7 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via French habillé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | habillé | past participle of habiller; smart; formal |