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Etymology · Vulgar Latin

*bilia

3 English words descend from Vulgar Latin *bilia, most common first.

billiardsA two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
billiardA shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.
billetA short informal letter.