Where does “quạt điện” come from?
quạt điện (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese quạt, from English Fan, from English fanatic, from French fanatique, from Latin fānāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
quạt điện (Vietnamese): electric fan
Definitions
- electric fan
Ancestry of “quạt điện”, step by step
quạt điện traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese quạt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | quạt | a fan; to fan |
| 2 | English | Fan | A diminutive of Frances |
| 3 | English | fanatic | Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a... |
| 4 | French | fanatique | fanatic, fanatical; fanatic |
| 5 | Latin | fānāticus | temple |
| 6 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via Vietnamese điện
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | điện | electricity; Short for dòng điện; Clipping of... |
| 2 | Chinese | 殿 | — |
| 3 | Sino-Tibetan | *r-t(u/i)l | — |