bille

marble (spherical ball); ball; ball bearing; dimwit

Inherited from Middle French bille, from Old French bille (“small ball”), from Medieval Latin billia, from Frankish *bikkil (“ossicle, a die, talus”). Cognate with Dutch bikkel (“dibs, die”), West Frisian bikkel (“die”), German Bickel (“marble”).

tree trunk (chopped down, ready for sawing); railway sleeper; rolling pin

Inherited from Middle French bille, from Old French *bille (attested as Medieval Latin billia (“tree-trunk”)), from Vulgar Latin *billia, from Gaulish *bilia, from Proto-Celtic *belyom (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”). Cognate with Irish bile (“tree”), Latin folium (“leaf, foil”).