Where does “tuốc-nơ-vít” come from?

tuốc-nơ-vít (Vietnamese) comes from French tournevis, from French tourner, from Middle French tourner, from Old French torner, from Latin tornō, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος, from Proto-Indo-European torh₂no- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

tuốc-nơ-vít (Vietnamese): screwdriver

Definitions

  1. screwdriver

Ancestry of “tuốc-nơ-vít”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtournevisscrewdriver
2Frenchtournerto turn; to stir; to tour, to go on tour
3Middle Frenchtournerto turn; to return; to turn into; to change into
4Old Frenchtornerto turn; to return; to go back
5Latintornōto turn
6LatintornusA turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel
7Ancient GreekτόρνοςA tool similar to a pair of compasses used to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeantorh₂no-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European torh₂no-Every word from Ancient Greek τόρνος
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