Where does “máy tính cá nhân” come from?

máy tính cá nhân (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.

máy tính cá nhân (Vietnamese): a personal computer

Definitions

  1. a personal computer

Ancestry of “máy tính cá nhân”, step by step

máy tính cá nhân 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 cá nhân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecá nhânindividual, personal; individual
2Chinese個人personal; individual; I; me; my; oneself; myself
Every word from Proto-Slavic moťьEvery word from Old Polish mócEvery word from Polish móc