Where does “càn quét” come from?
càn quét (Vietnamese) comes from Old Catalan quet, from Vulgar Latin quetare, from Late Latin quietare, from Latin quiētāre, from Latin quiētō, from Latin quiētus, from Latin quiēscō, from Latin quiēs — to rest; rest, peace.
càn quét (Vietnamese): to conduct a sweep operation; to mop up; to raid
Definitions
- to conduct a sweep operation; to mop up; to raid
Ancestry of “càn quét”, step by step
càn quét traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Catalan quet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Catalan | quet | still |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | quetare | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | quietare | acquit, discharge, release; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | quiētāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | quiētō | to quiet, calm |
| 6 | Latin | quiētus | at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness |
| 7 | Latin | quiēscō | to rest, sleep, repose |
| 8 | Latin | quiēs | the rest of sleep, repose |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷiētis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyéh₁tis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyeh₁- | to rest; rest, peace |
via Vietnamese cân
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cân | kilogram; a weighing instrument; a balance,... |
| 2 | French | calque | tracing; calque, loan translation; layer |
| 3 | French | calquer | to model, to imitate, to copy; to trace, to copy... |
| 4 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 5 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 7 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |