Where does “sán xơ mít” come from?
sán xơ mít (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xơ, from French sœur, from Middle French soeur, from Old French suer, from Latin soror, from Proto-Italic swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European swésōr, from Proto-Indo-European su-h₁ésh₂-ōr — blood.
sán xơ mít (Vietnamese): {{l|en|a kind of tapeworm (of the genus Taenia)
Definitions
- {{l|en|a kind of tapeworm (of the genus Taenia)
Ancestry of “sán xơ mít”, step by step
sán xơ mít traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese xơ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | xơ | a sister; fibre; filament |
| 2 | French | sœur | sister; nun |
| 3 | Middle French | soeur | sister |
| 4 | Old French | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 5 | Latin | soror | sister; cousin, daughter of a father's brother;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | swezōr | sister |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swésōr | sister |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | su-h₁ésh₂-ōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésh₂r̥ | blood |