Where does “trang web” come from?

trang web (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese web, from English website, from English site, from Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

trang web (Vietnamese): web page; website

Definitions

  1. web page; website

Ancestry of “trang web”, step by step

trang web traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese web

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesewebwebsite
2EnglishwebsiteA collection of interlinked web pages on the...
3EnglishsiteSorrow, grief; The place where anything is fixed;...
4Middle Englishsitesorrow, grief
5Anglo-Normansitesite; location
6Latinsituspermitted, allowed, suffered, having been...
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Vietnamese trắng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrắngwhite; pale
2Proto-Vietick-laŋʔwhite
3Proto-Mon-Khmerklaŋʔ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus