Where does “tam giác cân” come from?
tam giác cân (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cân, from French calque, from French calquer, from English ER, from Turkish er, from Ottoman Turkish ایر, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر, from Proto-Turkic ēder.
tam giác cân (Vietnamese): isosceles triangle
Ancestry of “tam giác cân”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | cân | kilogram; a weighing instrument; a balance,... |
| 2 | French | calque | tracing; calque, loan translation; layer |
| 3 | French | calquer | to model, to imitate, to copy; to trace, to copy... |
| 4 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 5 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | — |
| 7 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | — |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | — |