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Where does “người Anh-điêng” come from?

người Anh-điêng (Vietnamese) comes from French indien, from Middle French indien, from Old French indien, from Old French Inde, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁.

người Anh-điêng (Vietnamese): an Indian

Definitions

  1. an Indian

Ancestry of “người Anh-điêng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchindienIndian
2Middle Frenchindien—
3Old FrenchindienIndian
4Old FrenchIndeIndia
5LatinIndia—
6Ancient GreekἸνδία—
7Ancient GreekἸνδόςan inhabitant of India or the Indian...
8Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus
9Sanskritसिन्धुa river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea
10Proto-Indo-Aryansíndʰuṣriver, ocean; flow
11Proto-Indo-Iraniansíndʰušriver, stream
12Sanskritसिन्धु॑—
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