Where does “Cholon” come from?
Cholon (English) comes from Vietnamese Chợ Lớn, from Vietnamese lớn, from French galon, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.
Ancestry of “Cholon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | Chợ Lớn | — |
| 2 | Vietnamese | lớn | big; large; grown-up; adult; great; grand |
| 3 | French | galon | braid; stripe |
| 4 | Latin | galum | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *galla | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |