Where does “bút bi” come from?
bút bi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bi, from French bille, from Middle French bille, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia, from Proto-Celtic belyom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.
bút bi (Vietnamese): a ballpoint pen
Definitions
- a ballpoint pen
Ancestry of “bút bi”, step by step
bút bi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bi | a marble; a ball |
| 2 | French | bille | marble; ball; ball bearing |
| 3 | Middle French | bille | — |
| 4 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |