Where does “ဖတ်စာ” come from?
ဖတ်စာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဖတ်, from English phat, from English fat, from French fat, from Old Occitan fat, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus, from Latin for — to speak, to be talking.
ဖတ်စာ (Burmese): reader; (proscribed) textbook for use in schools
Definitions
- reader; (proscribed) textbook for use in schools
Ancestry of “ဖတ်စာ”, step by step
ဖတ်စာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဖတ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဖတ် | to read |
| 2 | English | phat | Excellent; cool; very good; Sexy; Rich in... |
| 3 | English | fat | Carrying more fat than usual on one's body;... |
| 4 | French | fat | conceited |
| 5 | Old Occitan | fat | — |
| 6 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 7 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 8 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |