Where does “bộ bài” come from?
bộ bài (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.
bộ bài (Vietnamese): a pack of cards; a deck of cards
Definitions
- a pack of cards; a deck of cards
Ancestry of “bộ bài”, step by step
bộ bài traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bỏ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bỏ | to put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit |
| 2 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 3 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 4 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 5 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 6 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 7 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 8 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Vietnamese bài
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bài | card, playing card, card game; tag, tablet;... |
| 2 | English | bye | The position of a person or team in a tournament... |
| 3 | Old English | bī | lullaby!; near, by; by, near, around |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | bī | by, at; near, around |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |