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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

  1. to sell goods unwholly, for example, to sell a...

Ancestry of “bán lẻ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebàntable; desk; board; to discuss; to talk over
2Frenchballeball; bullet; franc , euro
3Middle Frenchballeball; bundle
4Italianballalarge bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,...
5Old Frenchballe—
6Medieval Latinballa—
7Frankishballa—
8Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →