Where does “sốt rét” come from?
sốt rét (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sốt, from French sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
sốt rét (Vietnamese): malaria
Ancestry of “sốt rét”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | sốt | steaming hot; at all; to have a fever; to have a... |
| 2 | French | sauce | sauce |
| 3 | Old French | sause | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 5 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |