Where does “băng vệ sinh” come from?

băng vệ sinh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese băng, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — ox; aleph; alef.

băng vệ sinh (Vietnamese): menstrual pad

Definitions

  1. menstrual pad

Ancestry of “băng vệ sinh”, step by step

băng vệ sinh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese băng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebăngnon-hail ice; band; strip; tape
2Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
3Frenchthere; here, present
4Italianthere
5Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
6Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8Germana-MollA-minor
9Hungarianathe; this; that
10Frenchàto; on the, to; at
11Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
12Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
13LatinA
14Etruscan𐌀and, also
15Ancient Greekᾱ̔
16Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef

via Vietnamese vệ sinh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevệ sinhhygiene; Short for nhà vệ sinh
2Japanese衛生hygiene, sanitary, health
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