Where does “rì-mốt” come from?

rì-mốt (Vietnamese) comes from English remote, from Middle English remote, from Old French remot, from Latin remotus, from Latin removēre.

rì-mốt (Vietnamese): remote control

Definitions

  1. remote control

Ancestry of “rì-mốt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishremoteAt a distance; disconnected; Distant or otherwise...
2Middle Englishremote—
3Old Frenchremot—
4Latinremotusremote; distant, far off; removed
5Latinremovēre—
Every word from Latin removēre →Every word from Latin remotus →Every word from Old French remot →