Where does “e-rờ” come from?

e-rờ (Vietnamese) comes from French erre, from Latin iter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- — he, this.

e-rờ (Vietnamese): The name of the Latin-script letter R

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R

Ancestry of “e-rờ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrencherreThe name of the Latin-script letter R; way,...
2Latinitera route, "whether:"; a passage
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éy-he, this
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- →Every word from Latin iter →Every word from French erre →