Where does “bằng lái xe” come from?

bằng lái xe (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 — in.

bằng lái xe (Vietnamese): driver’s license

Definitions

  1. driver’s license

Ancestry of “bằng lái xe”, step by step

bằng lái xe 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
11Englishavieemulously
12Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
13Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
14Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
15LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
16Latinīn-un-, non-, not
17Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
18Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
19Proto-Italicenin
20Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Vietnamese lái xe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselái xeto drive a car; driver
2Vietnamesexếwheeled vehicle; to be sinking; to be on the...
3Vietnameserửato wash something non-fabric and non-rice
4Frenchajourerto perforate
5Frenchajoura slit that lets in daylight
6Frenchjourday; daylight, light; opening, aperture
7Middle Frenchjourdaylight
8Old Frenchjorday
9Latindiurnummasculine accusative singular of diurnus; neuter...
10Latindiurnusof the day; daily; day
11LatindiēsA day, particularly
12Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
13Proto-Italic*djous
14Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
15Proto-Indo-Europeandyéwssky, heaven
16Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
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