Where does “chưởng cơ” come from?
chưởng cơ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese có, from French commission, from Russian коми́ссия, from Latin commissio, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
chưởng cơ (Vietnamese): General; a military officer title (2nd rank) during Nguyễn lords' period, above and below
Definitions
- General; a military officer title (2nd rank) during Nguyễn lords' period, above and below
Ancestry of “chưởng cơ”, step by step
chưởng cơ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese có
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | có | to have; do; does; do |
| 2 | French | commission | commission fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction |
| 3 | Russian | коми́ссия | chores |
| 4 | Latin | commissio | commission |
| 5 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |