Where does “bán lẻ” come from?
bán lẻ (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.
bán lẻ (Vietnamese): to sell goods unwholly, for example, to sell a...
Definitions
- to sell goods unwholly, for example, to sell a...
Ancestry of “bán lẻ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | bàn | table; desk; board; to discuss; to talk over |
| 2 | French | balle | ball; bullet; franc , euro |
| 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- | — |