Where does “máy nổ” come from?
máy nổ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nổ, from Vietnamese lò, from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder — to fit, to fix, to put together.
máy nổ (Vietnamese): a gas combustion engine; an engine that generates energy by igniting an explosive gas mixture (e.g. gasoline, alcohol vapor, etc.) mixed with air
Definitions
- a gas combustion engine; an engine that generates energy by igniting an explosive gas mixture (e.g. gasoline, alcohol vapor, etc.) mixed with air
Ancestry of “máy nổ”, step by step
máy nổ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese nổ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nổ | to explode; to pop; to burst |
| 2 | Vietnamese | lò | kiln, furnace, oven, heater |
| 3 | Vietnamese | bỏ | to put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit |
| 4 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 5 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 6 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 7 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 8 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 9 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 10 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |