Where does “vẽ kiểu” come from?
vẽ kiểu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vẽ, from French vé, from Occitan vei, from Occitan veire, from Latin vitrum, from Proto-Italic wedrom, from Proto-Indo-European wedro-, from Proto-Indo-European wed- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
vẽ kiểu (Vietnamese): to design (e.g. clothes); to model (e.g. an object)
Definitions
- to design (e.g. clothes); to model (e.g. an object)
Ancestry of “vẽ kiểu”, step by step
vẽ kiểu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese vẽ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | vẽ | to draw; to paint; to contrive |
| 2 | French | vé | The name of the Latin-script letter V; calf; API! |
| 3 | Occitan | vei | — |
| 4 | Occitan | veire | to see |
| 5 | Latin | vitrum | glass; a woad; a plant used for dying blue; woad;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wedrom | glass |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wedro- | water-like |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
via Vietnamese kiểu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | kiểu | style; way; look |