Where does “khoa học máy tính” come from?

khoa học máy tính (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese máy tính, from Vietnamese tính, from Proto-Athabaskan tən, from Persian تن, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus — power.

khoa học máy tính (Vietnamese): computer science

Definitions

  1. computer science

Ancestry of “khoa học máy tính”, step by step

khoa học máy tính traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese máy tính

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáy tínha calculator; a computer
2Vietnamesetínhto calculate; to think of; to be of a mind;...
3Proto-Athabaskantənice, frost
4Persianتنbody; person; tonne
5EnglishtonA unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000...
6FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
7Old Frenchtonyour
8Latintuusyour
9Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
10Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
11Polishtuhere
12Polishbyćto be
13Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
14Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
15Proto-Slavicmoťьpower

via Vietnamese khoa học

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhoa họcscience
2Japanese科学science; a field of study

Words derived from “khoa học máy tính

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