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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecầmzither, string instrument; bird; to hold, to keep
2Frenchcommissairecommissioner; chief of police, head of police,...
3Medieval Latincommissionarius
4Latincommissiocommission
5LatincommittoI commit; I begin; I carry on
6Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Vietnamese kịch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekịchplay, drama
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-