Billet Definition

Origin of Billet

• Middle English official register from Old French billette from bullette diminutive of bulle document from Medieval Latin bulla document, seal bill¹

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Old French billette, from bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“tree”)).

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English from Old French billette diminutive of bille log from Vulgar Latin bilia possibly of Celtic origin

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle French billette (“schedule”), from bullette, diminutive form of bulle (“document”), from Medieval Latin bulla (“document”).

  From Wiktionary

• From Middle English bylet, from Anglo-Norman billette (“list, schedule”).

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