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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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- | — |
| 10 | Latin | în | — |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |