Where does “boa” come from?
boa (Vietnamese) comes from French pourboire, from French pour, from French cent, from English cent, from Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Latin folium.
boa (Vietnamese): to leave a tip; to give gratuity
Definitions
- to leave a tip; to give gratuity
Ancestry of “boa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pourboire | tip |
| 2 | French | pour | for; to |
| 3 | French | cent | hundred; cent |
| 4 | English | cent | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of... |
| 5 | Middle English | cent | — |
| 6 | Old French | cent | one hundred |
| 7 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 8 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |