Where does “thông xe” come from?

thông xe (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xế, from French cé, from Spanish éste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.

thông xe (Vietnamese): free-flowing traffic; being open to traffic

Definitions

  1. free-flowing traffic; being open to traffic

Ancestry of “thông xe”, step by step

thông xe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xế

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexếwheeled vehicle; to be sinking; to be on the...
2FrenchThe name of the Latin-script letter C
3Spanishéstethis one
4Latinistethat near you; those in the plural
5Latinhācthis way; these; in this place (or way)
6Latinhīcthis; these in the plural
7Latinheic
8Latinhicthis; these in the plural
9Proto-Italichek(e)
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
14Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
15Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Vietnamese thông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethôngpine (tree of the genus Pinus)
2Chinese
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτοςEvery word from Old Church Slavonic китъEvery word from Russian кит