Where does “bỏ dở” come from?

bỏ dở (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere, from Old English rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.

bỏ dở (Vietnamese): to leave something unfinished; abort (a task)

Definitions

  1. to leave something unfinished; abort (a task)

Ancestry of “bỏ dở”, step by step

bỏ dở traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bỏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebỏto put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit
2EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
3Englishboardridersurfer
4EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
5Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
6Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
7Old Englishrīdererider, knight
8Old Englishrīdanto ride
9Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
10Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
11Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Vietnamese đỏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđỏred; burning; flaring up; lucky; fortunate
2Frenchdoseproportion; dose; first-person singular present...
3Latindosisdose
4Ancient Greekδόσιςgiving, a gift; license, permission; portion
5Ancient GreekδίδωμιI give, present, offer; I grant, allow, permit;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-