Where does “kịch câm” come from?
kịch câm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cầm, from French commissaire, from Medieval Latin commissionarius, from Latin commissio, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kịch câm (Vietnamese): pantomime; a form of drama or theater using only facial expressions and gestures to express thoughts, feelings, and actions
Definitions
- pantomime; a form of drama or theater using only facial expressions and gestures to express thoughts, feelings, and actions
Ancestry of “kịch câm”, step by step
kịch câm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese cầm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cầm | zither, string instrument; bird; to hold, to keep |
| 2 | French | commissaire | commissioner; chief of police, head of police,... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | commissionarius | — |
| 4 | Latin | commissio | commission |
| 5 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |