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

Definitions

  1. computer; microcomputer

Ancestry of “máy vi tính”, step by step

máy vi tính traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English microcomputer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicrocomputerA computer designed around a microprocessor,...
2EnglishcomputerA person employed to perform computations; one...
3EnglishcomputeTo reckon or calculate; To make sense;...
4Frenchcomputerto compute
5Latincomputāre
6Latincomputōto calculate, compute, reckon together
7Latincom-allomorph of con-
8Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Vietnamese tính

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetínhto calculate; to think of; to be of a mind;...
2Proto-Athabaskantənice, frost
3Persianتنbody; person; tonne
4EnglishtonA unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000...
5FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
6Old Frenchtonyour
7Latintuusyour
8Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
9Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
10Polishtuhere
11Polishbyćto be
12Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
13Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
14Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis

via Vietnamese máy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
2Proto-Vieticmiː
3Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz