Where does “bilet” come from?
bilet (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بیلت, from Italian biglietto, from French billet, from Old French billette, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia, from Proto-Celtic belyom.
bilet (Turkish): ticket
Definitions
- ticket
Ancestry of “bilet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بیلت | ticket, any pass which entitles the holder to be admitted to an event or establishment |
| 2 | Italian | biglietto | ticket; card; note, slip |
| 3 | French | billet | ticket; note, a brief message; banknote |
| 4 | Old French | billette | billet |
| 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- | — |