Where does “cốt-lết” come from?
cốt-lết (Vietnamese) comes from French côtelette, from Middle French costelette, from Middle French -elette, from Middle French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
cốt-lết (Vietnamese): cutlet
Ancestry of “cốt-lết”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | côtelette | cutlet; chop |
| 2 | Middle French | costelette | cutlet |
| 3 | Middle French | -elette | diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Middle French | -el | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |