Where does “giấy phép lái xe” come from?

giấy phép lái xe (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lái xe, from Vietnamese xế, from Vietnamese rửa, from French ajourer, from French ajour, from French à, from English avie, from French envie — in.

giấy phép lái xe (Vietnamese): driver’s license

Definitions

  1. driver’s license

Ancestry of “giấy phép lái xe”, step by step

giấy phép lái xe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lái xe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselái xeto drive a car; driver
2Vietnamesexếwheeled vehicle; to be sinking; to be on the...
3Vietnameserửato wash something non-fabric and non-rice
4Frenchajourerto perforate
5Frenchajoura slit that lets in daylight
6Frenchàto; on the, to; at
7Englishavieemulously
8Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
9Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
10Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
11LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
12Latinīn-un-, non-, not
13Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
14Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
15Proto-Italicenin
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Vietnamese giấy phép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiấy phéplicense
2Vietnamesegiấypaper
3Proto-Vietick-cajʔpaper
4Old Chinese
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