Where does “máy đánh chữ” come from?

máy đánh chữ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đánh, from Chinese 打, from English dozen, from Middle English dozen, from Old French dozaine, from Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin dodeci, from Latin duodecim — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

máy đánh chữ (Vietnamese): typewriter

Definitions

  1. typewriter

Ancestry of “máy đánh chữ”, step by step

máy đánh chữ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đánh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđánhto strike, usually with your palms or a weapon;...
2Chinese
3EnglishdozenA set of twelve; A large, unspecified number of,...
4Middle Englishdozen
5Old Frenchdozainea group of twelve
6Old Frenchdozetwelve
7Vulgar Latindodeci
8Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
9Latindecemten; 10
10Latin-nus-an
11Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
12Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Vietnamese máy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
2Proto-Vieticmiː
3Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ

via Vietnamese chữ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechữalphabet, writing system, script; letter,...
2Proto-Vieticcuːʔgrandchild; father's younger brother
3Proto-Mon-Khmercuuʔgrandchild
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós