Where does “hẹn gặp lại” come from?
hẹn gặp lại (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lại, from Chinese 賴, from English line, from Middle English line, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną — flax.
hẹn gặp lại (Vietnamese): see you later; see you
Definitions
- see you later; see you
Ancestry of “hẹn gặp lại”, step by step
hẹn gặp lại traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese lại
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lại | again; on the other hand, meanwhile; to come |
| 2 | Chinese | 賴 | — |
| 3 | English | line | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight |
| 4 | Middle English | line | rope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,... |
| 5 | Old English | līne | line, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *līnā | line, chord, rope, string |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līnǭ | that which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | līną | flax |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līno- | flax |