Where does “ngũ cốc nguyên cám” come from?
ngũ cốc nguyên cám (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nguyên cám, from Vietnamese cầm, from French commissaire, from Medieval Latin commissionarius, from Latin commissio, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
ngũ cốc nguyên cám (Vietnamese): wholegrain
Definitions
- wholegrain
Ancestry of “ngũ cốc nguyên cám”, step by step
ngũ cốc nguyên cám traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese nguyên cám
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nguyên cám | whole-wheat |
| 2 | Vietnamese | cầm | zither, string instrument; bird; to hold, to keep |
| 3 | French | commissaire | commissioner; chief of police, head of police,... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | commissionarius | — |
| 5 | Latin | commissio | commission |
| 6 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |