Where does “bo mạch chủ” come from?

bo mạch chủ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bo mạch, 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.

bo mạch chủ (Vietnamese): motherboard; mainboard; main circuit board

Definitions

  1. motherboard; mainboard; main circuit board

Ancestry of “bo mạch chủ”, step by step

bo mạch chủ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bo mạch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebo mạcha circuit board
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 chữ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechữalphabet, writing system, script; letter,...
2Proto-Vieticcuːʔgrandchild; father's younger brother
3Proto-Mon-Khmercuuʔgrandchild
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-