Where does “xe gắn máy” come from?
xe gắn máy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xế, from French cé, from Spanish éste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.
xe gắn máy (Vietnamese): a motorcycle, scooter or moped of maximum speed equal to or lower than 50 km/h, or of a cylinder capacity equal to or lower than 50 cc, that does not require a driver's license to be legally used
Definitions
- a motorcycle, scooter or moped of maximum speed equal to or lower than 50 km/h, or of a cylinder capacity equal to or lower than 50 cc, that does not require a driver's license to be legally used
Ancestry of “xe gắn máy”, step by step
xe gắn máy traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese xế
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | xế | wheeled vehicle; to be sinking; to be on the... |
| 2 | French | cé | The name of the Latin-script letter C |
| 3 | Spanish | éste | this one |
| 4 | Latin | iste | that near you; those in the plural |
| 5 | Latin | hāc | this way; these; in this place (or way) |
| 6 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Latin | heic | — |
| 8 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 14 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |