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
3Frenchlàthere; here, present
4Italianlàthere
5Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
6Portugueseláthere; 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告—
3Middle Chinese校—
Every word from Phoenician 𐤀 →Every word from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔ →Every word from Etruscan 𐌀 →