Where does “vi-ô-lông-xen” come from?

vi-ô-lông-xen (Vietnamese) comes from French violoncelle, from Italian violoncello, from Italian violone, from Italian Viola, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

vi-ô-lông-xen (Vietnamese): cello

Definitions

  1. cello

Ancestry of “vi-ô-lông-xen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvioloncellecello; violoncello
2Italianvioloncellovioloncello, cello
3Italianvioloneviolone
4ItalianViolapurple, violet
5Italian-oneAlterative suffix used to form augmentatives;...
6Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European