Where does “cáp quang” come from?

cáp quang (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cáp, from French câble, from Old French cable, from Vulgar Latin caplum, from Latin capulum, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

cáp quang (Vietnamese): optical fibre cable

Definitions

  1. optical fibre cable

Ancestry of “cáp quang”, step by step

cáp quang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cáp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecápcable
2Frenchcâblecable; first-person singular present indicative...
3Old Frenchcable
4Vulgar Latincaplum
5Latincapulumhandle; hilt; halter, lasso
6Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
7Proto-Italickapiōtake
8Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
10Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via Vietnamese quàng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequàngnonsensical, absurd; indiscriminate; to put on,...
2Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyétiEvery word from Proto-Italic kapjō