billet
English
/ˈbɪlɪt/
noun
Definitions
- A short informal letter.
- A written order to quarter soldiers.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English bylet suffix from Old French bille (log, tree trunk, stick, small ball) derived from Latin bulla (bubble, rounded object, document, amulet, round object, round swelling, water bubble, stud, buble, button, bud, decree, bull, knob).
Origin
Latin
bulla
Gloss
bubble, rounded object, document, amulet, round object, round swelling, water bubble, stud, buble, button, bud, decree, bull, knob
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
芽
Emoji
💬 💭 🗯️ 🧋
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- billetee English
- billethead English
- billetless English
- bulla English
- head English
- bulla Finnish
- *bilia Latin
- *bulbulliare Latin
- bubble, bulla Latin
- bulla Latin
- bullo Latin
- bullō Latin
- bolla Italian
- bollo Italian
- bulletino Italian
- bullettino Italian
- cipolla Italian
- billard French
- bollo Spanish, Castilian
- bula Spanish, Castilian
- *bew- Proto-Indo-European
- bolha Portuguese
- bula Portuguese
- bulla Polish
- bylet Middle English
- billard Old French
- bille Old French
- billette Old French
- bole Old French
- bulle Old French
- bola Catalan, Valencian
- butlla Catalan, Valencian
- billa Galician
- birlo Galician
- bola Galician
- bille Middle French
- *belyom Proto-Celtic
- *belyos Proto-Celtic
- bola Occitan
- *bikkil Frankish
- *bollā Frankish
- bola Old Occitan
- bóła Venetian