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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖတ်to read
2EnglishphatExcellent; cool; very good; Sexy; Rich in...
3EnglishfatCarrying more fat than usual on one's body;...
4Frenchfatconceited
5Old Occitanfat
6Latinfatuusfoolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,...
7Latinfātusspoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc
8Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
9Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking

via Burmese စာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစာwriting; letter; written language
2Proto-Sino-Tibetantsa ~ zachild, son, offspring; grandson; relatives;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti