Where does “khí tê” come from?
khí tê (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tê, from French té, from Middle French te, from Old French te, from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
khí tê (Vietnamese): gas
Definitions
- gas
Ancestry of “khí tê”, step by step
khí tê traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese tê
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tê | to be numb; that; there; those; The name of the... |
| 2 | French | té | The name of the Latin-script letter T |
| 3 | Middle French | te | you, "second-person singular object pronoun"; to... |
| 4 | Old French | te | you; to you; yourself |
| 5 | Latin | tē | — |
| 6 | Latin | tū | you (singular); thou |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tū | you |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |