Where does “héo hắt” come from?
héo hắt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hắt, from French âche, from Middle French ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ — the god Apis.
héo hắt (Vietnamese): to fade away; to disappear; to die away
Definitions
- to fade away; to disappear; to die away
Ancestry of “héo hắt”, step by step
héo hắt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese hắt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | hắt | to throw away |
| 2 | French | âche | celery plant |
| 3 | Middle French | ache | — |
| 4 | Old French | ache | — |
| 5 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 6 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 8 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |