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English word pool comes from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-, and later Old French (842-ca. 1400) poule (Hen (female chicken).)
*peh₂w- (Proto-Indo-European)
*polH- (Proto-Indo-European)
pullus (Latin)
(Late Latin) chicken. (term of endearment) darling. A young animal.. Chick. Foal.
pulla (Vulgar Latin)
poule (Old French)
Hen (female chicken).
poule (French)
(slang) chick, bird (woman). Hen (female chicken) (cards) pool. Pool, group (stage of a competition before the knockout stages).
pool (English)
(game, uncountable) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game. (legal) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.. (rail [...]