Where does “nhà hát” come from?
nhà hát (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hát, from French âche, from Middle French ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ.
nhà hát (Vietnamese): theatre
Ancestry of “nhà hát”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | hát | to sing; The name of the Latin-script letter H |
| 2 | French | âche | — |
| 3 | Middle French | ache | — |
| 4 | Old French | ache | — |
| 5 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 6 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 8 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |