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 — salt.

sốt rét (Vietnamese): malaria

Definitions

  1. malaria

Ancestry of “sốt rét”, step by step

sốt rét traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sốt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesốtsteaming hot; at all; to have a fever; to have a...
2Frenchsaucesauce
3Old Frenchsausesauce (condiment)
4Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
5Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Vietnamese rét

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserétvery cold; cold; to shiver
2Proto-Vieticsɛːt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl