Where does “dinh tê” come from?
dinh tê (Vietnamese) comes from French rentrer, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
dinh tê (Vietnamese): To leave the Viet Minh resistance zone and return to a non-communist area, usually cities controlled by the French, during the period from 1947 to 1954, in the context of the First Indochina War
Definitions
- To leave the Viet Minh resistance zone and return to a non-communist area, usually cities controlled by the French, during the period from 1947 to 1954, in the context of the First Indochina War
Ancestry of “dinh tê”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rentrer | }} to go back, to re-enter |
| 2 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 3 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 4 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 5 | Latin | interus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |