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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

Definitions

  1. theatre

Ancestry of “nhà hát”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehátto sing; The name of the Latin-script letter H
2Frenchâche—
3Middle Frenchache—
4Old Frenchache—
5Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
6LatinApis—
7Ancient GreekἌπις—
8Copticϩⲁⲡⲉ—
9Egyptianḥp—
Every word from Egyptian ḥp →