Where does “bánh xèo” come from?
bánh xèo (English) comes from Vietnamese bánh xèo, from Vietnamese bánh, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla.
bánh xèo (English): Vietnamese fried pancake made of rice flour,...
Definitions
- Vietnamese fried pancake made of rice flour,...
Ancestry of “bánh xèo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | bánh xèo | bánh xèo |
| 2 | Vietnamese | bánh | any sweet, salty, or savory food prepared from... |
| 3 | French | balle | ball; bullet; franc , euro |
| 4 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 5 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 6 | Old French | balle | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 8 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |