Where does “máy tính xách tay” come from?

máy tính xách tay (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 xách tay (Vietnamese): laptop; notebook

Definitions

  1. laptop; notebook

Ancestry of “máy tính xách tay”, step by step

máy tính xách tay traces back through 3 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 Tây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTâyAlternative letter-case form of tây
2Chinese西
3EnglishWestAny of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie
4Middle Englishwestwest; A location to the south; the south; The...
5Old Englishwestwest
6Proto-West Germanic*westrwestern, westernly
7Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
8Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-

via Vietnamese xách

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexáchto carry (suitcase, etc.) by the handle
Every word from Proto-Slavic moťьEvery word from Old Polish mócEvery word from Polish móc