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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Catalanquetstill
2Vulgar Latinquetare
3Late Latinquietareacquit, discharge, release; second-person...
4Latinquiētāre
5Latinquiētōto quiet, calm
6Latinquiētusat rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness
7Latinquiēscōto rest, sleep, repose
8Latinquiēsthe rest of sleep, repose
9Proto-Italickʷiētis
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷyéh₁tis
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷyeh₁-to rest; rest, peace

via Vietnamese cân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecânkilogram; a weighing instrument; a balance,...
2Frenchcalquetracing; calque, loan translation; layer
3Frenchcalquerto model, to imitate, to copy; to trace, to copy...
4EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
5Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
6Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
7Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
8Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷyeh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷyéh₁tisEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷiētis