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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebăngnon-hail ice; band; strip; tape
2Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
3Frenchlàthere; here, present
4Italianlàthere
5Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
6Portugueseláthere; 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-—
17Latinîn—
18Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
19Proto-Italicenin
20Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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