Where does “nhà bè” come from?
nhà bè (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bé, from French beige, from Middle French beige, from Old French bege, from Vulgar Latin bysseus, from Latin byssus, from Ancient Greek βύσσος, from Hebrew בּוּץ — byssus.
nhà bè (Vietnamese): hut built atop a wooden raft; floating house; houseboat
Definitions
- hut built atop a wooden raft; floating house; houseboat
Ancestry of “nhà bè”, step by step
nhà bè traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bé | small; little; tiny; little; very young; Short... |
| 2 | French | beige | beige |
| 3 | Middle French | beige | — |
| 4 | Old French | bege | color of undyed wool or cotton |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | bysseus | cottony grey; cotton-coloured |
| 6 | Latin | byssus | byssus or sea silk |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βύσσος | flax; linen; Levant cotton |
| 8 | Hebrew | בּוּץ | byssus |