Where does “toà đại sứ” come from?

toà đại sứ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese toà, from French toi, from Middle French toi, from Old French tei, from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

toà đại sứ (Vietnamese): embassy

Definitions

  1. embassy

Ancestry of “toà đại sứ”, step by step

toà đại sứ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese toà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesetoàShort for toà án; your Honor
2FrenchtoiYou
3Middle FrenchtoiAlternative form of toy
4Old FrenchteiAlternative form of toi
5Latintē—
6Latintūyou (singular); thou
7Proto-Italictūyou
8Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

via Vietnamese đại sứ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđại sứan ambassador
2Middle Chinese大great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic tū →Every word from Latin tū →