Where does “cốt truyện” come from?
cốt truyện (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cốt, from Chinese 骨, from English quarter, from Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
cốt truyện (Vietnamese): plot, storyline
Definitions
- plot, storyline
Ancestry of “cốt truyện”, step by step
cốt truyện traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese cốt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cốt | bone, skeleton; extract; concentrated |
| 2 | Chinese | 骨 | bone |
| 3 | English | quarter | "A fourth part of something."; "Place or... |
| 4 | Middle English | quarter | A quarter fourth part of something |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | quarter | — |
| 6 | Latin | quartarius | quartarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L |
| 7 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |