Where does “kí tên” come from?
kí tên (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...
kí tên (Vietnamese): to sign (one's name)
Definitions
- to sign (one's name)
Ancestry of “kí tên”, step by step
kí tên 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... |