Where does “quét dọn” come from?
quét dọn (Vietnamese) comes from Old Catalan quet, from Vulgar Latin quetare, from Late Latin quietare, from Latin quiētāre, from Latin quiētō, from Latin quiētus, from Latin quiēscō, from Latin quiēs — to rest; rest, peace.
quét dọn (Vietnamese): to sweep and clean; to tidy up
Definitions
- to sweep and clean; to tidy up
Ancestry of “quét dọn”, step by step
quét dọn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Catalan quet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Catalan | quet | still |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | quetare | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | quietare | acquit, discharge, release; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | quiētāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | quiētō | to quiet, calm |
| 6 | Latin | quiētus | at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness |
| 7 | Latin | quiēscō | to rest, sleep, repose |
| 8 | Latin | quiēs | the rest of sleep, repose |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷiētis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyéh₁tis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyeh₁- | to rest; rest, peace |