Where does “gây tê” come from?
gây tê (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gậy, from English Gay, from English Queen, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Old English cwēn, from Proto-West Germanic kwāni, from Proto-Germanic kwēniz — woman.
gây tê (Vietnamese): to apply local anesthesia
Definitions
- to apply local anesthesia
Ancestry of “gây tê”, step by step
gây tê traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese gậy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | gậy | stick, cane, staff |
| 2 | English | Gay | originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person |
| 3 | English | Queen | A title used before the personal name of a queen |
| 4 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 5 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##... |
| 6 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |
via Vietnamese tê
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tê | to be numb; that; there; those; The name of the... |
| 2 | French | té | The name of the Latin-script letter T |
| 3 | Middle French | te | you, "second-person singular object pronoun"; to... |
| 4 | Old French | te | you; to you; yourself |
| 5 | Latin | tē | — |
| 6 | Latin | tū | you (singular); thou |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tū | you |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |