Where does “rưa rứa” come from?
rưa rứa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese rửa, from French ajourer, from French ajour, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus — in.
rưa rứa (Vietnamese): similar, somewhat similar
Definitions
- similar, somewhat similar
Ancestry of “rưa rứa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | rửa | to wash something non-fabric and non-rice |
| 2 | French | ajourer | to perforate |
| 3 | French | ajour | a slit that lets in daylight |
| 4 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 5 | English | avie | emulously |
| 6 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 7 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 8 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 9 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |