Where does “xô xát” come from?
xô xát (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xô, from French seau, from Old French seel, from Vulgar Latin sitellus, from Latin sitella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
xô xát (Vietnamese): to fight; to scuffle; to brawl
Definitions
- to fight; to scuffle; to brawl
Ancestry of “xô xát”, step by step
xô xát traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese xô
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | xô | a bucket; to push; to shove |
| 2 | French | seau | pail, bucket |
| 3 | Old French | seel | seal |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | sitellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | sitella | a voting urn |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Vietnamese xát
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | xát | to rub |