Where does “bàn tán” come from?
bàn tán (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bàn, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz.
bàn tán (Vietnamese): to discuss (in a widespread and inconclusive way); to debate; to chatter; to jabber
Definitions
- to discuss (in a widespread and inconclusive way); to debate; to chatter; to jabber
Ancestry of “bàn tán”, step by step
bàn tán traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bàn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bàn | table; desk; board; to discuss; to talk over |
| 2 | French | balle | (small) ball |
| 3 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 4 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 5 | Old French | balle | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 7 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |