Where does “dầu xăng” come from?

dầu xăng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xăng, from Vietnamese ét-xăng, from French essence, from Latin essentia, from Latin esse, from Ancient Greek οὐσία, from Ancient Greek εἰμί, from Proto-Hellenic ehmi — to be.

dầu xăng (Vietnamese): gasoline; petroleum

Definitions

  1. gasoline; petroleum

Ancestry of “dầu xăng”, step by step

dầu xăng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xăng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexănggasoline, petrol
2Vietnameseét-xănggasoline, petrol
3Frenchessenceessence; petrol, gasoline; essence, essential oil
4Latinessentiaessence, being
5Latinessepresent infinitive of sum; state, condition;...
6Ancient Greekοὐσίαthat which is one's own, one's substance,...
7Ancient GreekεἰμίTo be, exist; live; To be; it is possible
8Proto-Hellenicehmito be
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be

via Vietnamese dầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedầuoil; "Dipterocarpus"
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmiEvery word from Proto-Hellenic ehmi