Where does “ao dai” come from?
ao dai (English) comes from Vietnamese áo dài, from Vietnamese dài, from English die, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
ao dai (English): A two panelled dress, worn by Vietnamese women as...
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- A two panelled dress, worn by Vietnamese women as...
Ancestry of “ao dai”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | áo dài | ao dai |
| 2 | Vietnamese | dài | long, lengthy |
| 3 | English | die | To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death;... |
| 4 | Latin | die | ablative singular of diēs; day; before the day |
| 5 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 6 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |