Where does “quạt” come from?

quạt (Vietnamese) comes from English Fan, from English fanatic, from French fanatique, from Latin fānāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

quạt (Vietnamese): a fan; to fan

Definitions

  1. a fan; to fan

Ancestry of “quạt”, step by step

quạt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Fan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFanA diminutive of Frances
2EnglishfanaticFanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a...
3Frenchfanatiquefanatic, fanatical; fanatic
4Latinfānāticustemple
5Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
6Latin-ātused
7Proto-Italic-ātos
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Proto-Vietic gwaːt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticgwaːtfan

Words derived from “quạt

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Latin -aticus
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