Where does “hoạ sĩ” come from?
hoạ sĩ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Sĩ, from French SI, from French tôt, from Old French tost, from Latin tostum, from Latin tostus, from Proto-Italic *torstos.
hoạ sĩ (Vietnamese): artist
Definitions
- artist
Ancestry of “hoạ sĩ”, step by step
hoạ sĩ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese Sĩ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Sĩ | — |
| 2 | French | SI | SI |
| 3 | French | tôt | early |
| 4 | Old French | tost | early; soon; quickly; straight away |
| 5 | Latin | tostum | nominative neuter singular of tostus; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | tostus | roasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *torstos | — |
via Middle Chinese 畫
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Chinese | 畫 | drawing |