Where does “xơ xác” come from?
xơ xác (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xơ, from French sœur, from Middle French soeur, from Old French suer, from Latin soror, from Proto-Italic swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European swésōr, from Proto-Indo-European su-h₁ésh₂-ōr — blood.
xơ xác (Vietnamese): denuded; withered; bare; abject
Definitions
- denuded; withered; bare; abject
Ancestry of “xơ xác”, step by step
xơ xác traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese xơ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | xơ | a sister; fibre; filament |
| 2 | French | sœur | sister; nun |
| 3 | Middle French | soeur | sister |
| 4 | Old French | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 5 | Latin | soror | sister; cousin, daughter of a father's brother;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | swezōr | sister |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swésōr | sister |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | su-h₁ésh₂-ōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésh₂r̥ | blood |