Where does “Toà tháp đôi” come from?
Toà tháp đôi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese toà, from French toi, from Middle French toi, from Old French tei, from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
Toà tháp đôi (Vietnamese): the Twin Towers two main buildings of the World Trade Center
Definitions
- the Twin Towers two main buildings of the World Trade Center
Ancestry of “Toà tháp đôi”, step by step
Toà tháp đôi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese toà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | toà | Short for toà án; your Honor |
| 2 | French | toi | You |
| 3 | Middle French | toi | Alternative form of toy |
| 4 | Old French | tei | Alternative form of toi |
| 5 | Latin | tē | — |
| 6 | Latin | tū | you (singular); thou |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tū | you |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |
via Vietnamese tháp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tháp | a pagoda; a tower; a temple or temple complex |