Where does “giỗ kị” come from?
giỗ kị (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese kì, from English kilogram, from French kilogramme, from French gramme, from Latin gramma, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
giỗ kị (Vietnamese): an annual lunar deathday party; commemorative death anniversary ceremony
Definitions
- an annual lunar deathday party; commemorative death anniversary ceremony
Ancestry of “giỗ kị”, step by step
giỗ kị traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese kì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | kì | to rub off, to rub out; flag, banner; chess |
| 2 | English | kilogram | In the International System of Units, the base... |
| 3 | French | kilogramme | kilogram |
| 4 | French | gramme | gram |
| 5 | Latin | gramma | gram |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Vietnamese giỗ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | giỗ | a party on the lunar day when a person dies, a... |