Where does “máy vi tính” come from?
máy vi tính (Vietnamese) comes from English microcomputer, from English computer, from English compute, from French computer, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
máy vi tính (Vietnamese): computer; microcomputer
Ancestry of “máy vi tính”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | microcomputer | A computer designed around a microprocessor,... |
| 2 | English | computer | A person employed to perform computations; one... |
| 3 | English | compute | To reckon or calculate; To make sense;... |
| 4 | French | computer | to compute |
| 5 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | computō | — |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |