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