Where does “lơ xê mi” come from?

lơ xê mi (Vietnamese) comes from French leucémie, from German Leukämie, from German -ämie, from Ancient Greek αἷμα, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

lơ xê mi (Vietnamese): leukaemia

Definitions

  1. leukaemia

Ancestry of “lơ xê mi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchleucémieleukemia
2GermanLeukämieleukemia
3German-ämie-aemia, -emia
4Ancient Greekαἷμαblood
5Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Latin globus →Every word from Ancient Greek αἷμα →