Where does “bồi bút” come from?
bồi bút (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bồi, from French boy, from English boy, from Middle English boye, from Old English bōia, from Proto-Germanic bōjô, from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.
bồi bút (Vietnamese): writer or publicist who collaborated with the enemy
Definitions
- writer or publicist who collaborated with the enemy
Ancestry of “bồi bút”, step by step
bồi bút traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bồi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bồi | to strengthen by pasting on additional layers of... |
| 2 | French | boy | boy (non-white male servant) |
| 3 | English | boy | A young male; A male child: a son of any age; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | boye | servant, commoner, knave, boy |
| 5 | Old English | bōia | boy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bōjô | younger brother, young male relation |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bō- | A stem meaning "father, brother, close male... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰā- | to say |