Where does “áo ba lỗ” come from?

áo ba lỗ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lò, from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere — to fit, to fix, to put together.

áo ba lỗ (Vietnamese): A-shirt

Definitions

  1. A-shirt

Ancestry of “áo ba lỗ”, step by step

áo ba lỗ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekiln, furnace, oven, heater
2Vietnamesebỏto put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit
3EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
4Englishboardridersurfer
5EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
6Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
7Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
8Old Englishrīdererider, knight
9Old Englishrīdanto ride
10Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
11Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
12Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesea grandmother; an old woman; an old lady; you, my...
2Chinese
3Chinese
4Komodopaʔfour
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
6Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Vietnamese áo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseáoa top; an outfit
2Proto-Vieticʔaːwʔ
3Proto-Mon-Khmerʔaawʔupper garment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-
áo ba lỗ — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer