Where does “bộ nhớ ảo” come from?

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

bộ nhớ ảo (Vietnamese): virtual memory

Definitions

  1. virtual memory

Ancestry of “bộ nhớ ảo”, step by step

bộ nhớ ảo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bộ nhớ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebộ nhớmemory (unit); storage
2Vietnamesebỏto put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit
3EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
4Englishboardridersurfer
5EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
6Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
7Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
8Old Englishrīdererider, knight
9Old Englishrīdanto ride
10Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
11Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
12Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Vietnamese áo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseáoa top; an outfit
2Proto-Vieticʔaːwʔ
3Proto-Mon-Khmerʔaawʔupper garment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-