Where does “rạp hát” come from?
rạp hát (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hát, from French âche, from Middle French ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ — the god Apis.
rạp hát (Vietnamese): theater
Definitions
- theater
Ancestry of “rạp hát”, step by step
rạp hát traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese hát
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | hát | to sing; The name of the Latin-script letter H |
| 2 | French | âche | celery plant |
| 3 | Middle French | ache | — |
| 4 | Old French | ache | — |
| 5 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 6 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 8 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
via Vietnamese rạp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | rạp | a makeshift tent usually used for a wedding or funeral |