Where does “bánh mì” come from?
bánh mì (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bánh, 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.
bánh mì (Vietnamese): bread, especially Saigon-style short baguettes...
Definitions
- bread, especially Saigon-style short baguettes...
Ancestry of “bánh mì”, step by step
bánh mì traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bánh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bánh | any sweet, salty, or savory food prepared from... |
| 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- | — |
via Vietnamese mì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mì | Short for mì ăn liền; instant noodles cooked... |
| 2 | Italian | mi | me; The third note, mi; E |
| 3 | Latin | mihi | dative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me |
| 4 | Latin | egō | I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | egō | I |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |