Where does “tây ban cầm” come from?
tây ban cầm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cầm, from French commissaire, from Medieval Latin commissionarius, from Latin commissio, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
tây ban cầm (Vietnamese): a guitar
Definitions
- a guitar
Ancestry of “tây ban cầm”, step by step
tây ban cầm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese cầm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cầm | zither, string instrument; bird; to hold, to keep |
| 2 | French | commissaire | commissioner; chief of police, head of police,... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | commissionarius | — |
| 4 | Latin | commissio | commission |
| 5 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Vietnamese Tây Ban Nha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Tây Ban Nha | Spanish |
| 2 | Chinese Mandarin | 西班牙 | — |
| 3 | Latin | Hispānia | — |
| 4 | Punic | אי שפן | coast of hyraxes |