Where does “tua rua” come from?
tua rua (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese rửa, from French ajourer, from French ajour, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus — in.
tua rua (Vietnamese): tassel (for decoration)
Definitions
- tassel (for decoration)
Ancestry of “tua rua”, step by step
tua rua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese rửa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | rửa | to wash something non-fabric and non-rice |
| 2 | French | ajourer | to perforate |
| 3 | French | ajour | a slit that lets in daylight |
| 4 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 5 | English | avie | emulously |
| 6 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 7 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 8 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 9 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Vietnamese tựa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tựa | Clipping of tựa đề; to lean; the part of a chair... |
| 2 | French | tour | tower; rook; apartment building |
| 3 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |