Where does “toà soạn” come from?

toà soạn (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 soạn (Vietnamese): newsroom

Definitions

  1. newsroom

Ancestry of “toà soạn”, step by step

toà soạn 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
5Latin
6Latinyou (singular); thou
7Proto-Italicyou
8Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

via Vietnamese soạn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesoạnto prepare; to compose; to compile
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂Every word from Proto-Italic Every word from Latin