Where does “tê” come from?
tê (Vietnamese) comes from French té, from Middle French te, from Old French te, from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
tê (Vietnamese): to be numb; that; there; those; The name of the...
Definitions
- to be numb; that; there; those; The name of the...
Ancestry of “tê”, step by step
tê traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French té
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | té | The name of the Latin-script letter T |
| 2 | Middle French | te | you, "second-person singular object pronoun"; to... |
| 3 | Old French | te | you; to you; yourself |
| 4 | Latin | tē | — |
| 5 | Latin | tū | you (singular); thou |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tū | you |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |
via Chinese 痺
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 痺 | — |