Where does “bảng vàng” come from?

bảng vàng (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.

bảng vàng (Vietnamese): board listing the names of those who passed the metropolitan examination (thi Hội) and the court examination (thi Đình)

Definitions

  1. board listing the names of those who passed the metropolitan examination (thi Hội) and the court examination (thi Đình)

Ancestry of “bảng vàng”, step by step

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
Every word from Phoenician 𐤀Every word from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔Every word from Etruscan 𐌀
bảng vàng — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer