Where does “gì” come from?

gì (Vietnamese) comes from Italian gi, from Latin ge — The name of the letter "G".

gì (Vietnamese): what; whatever; anything; An interrogative...

Definitions

  1. what; whatever; anything; An interrogative...

Ancestry of “gì”, step by step

gì traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian gi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliangiThe name of the Latin-script letter G.; gee
2LatingeThe name of the letter "G"

via French ji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjijay, The name of the Latin-script letter J

Words derived from “gì”

Every word from Latin ge →Every word from Italian gi →