Where does “bốc thăm” come from?
bốc thăm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bốc, from French boxe, from French boxer, from English box, from Latin bōx, from Ancient Greek βῶξ, from Ancient Greek βόαξ, from Ancient Greek βοῦς — army.
bốc thăm (Vietnamese): to draw lots
Definitions
- to draw lots
Ancestry of “bốc thăm”, step by step
bốc thăm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bốc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bốc | to pick something up with hand |
| 2 | French | boxe | Combat sport between two adversaries; Boxing;... |
| 3 | French | boxer | boxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box |
| 4 | English | box | Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or... |
| 5 | Latin | bōx | a kind of marine fish |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βῶξ | box |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βόαξ | bogue (Boops boops) small fish |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 9 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |