Where does “cào bằng” come from?

cào bằng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese băng, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — ox; aleph; alef.

cào bằng (Vietnamese): to see something/somebody as uniform and of no diverse grades or classes

Definitions

  1. to see something/somebody as uniform and of no diverse grades or classes

Ancestry of “cào bằng”, step by step

cào bằng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese băng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebăngnon-hail ice; band; strip; tape
2Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
3Frenchthere; here, present
4Italianthere
5Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
6Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8Germana-MollA-minor
9Hungarianathe; this; that
10Frenchàto; on the, to; at
11Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
12Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
13LatinA
14Etruscan𐌀and, also
15Ancient Greekᾱ̔
16Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef

via Vietnamese cáo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáoa fox; royal edict-like announcement
2Chinese
3Middle Chinese
Every word from Phoenician 𐤀Every word from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔Every word from Etruscan 𐌀
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