Where does “Ong” come from?

Ong is an English word derived from Chinese Ông, though its original meaning and sense development remain undocumented.

Ancestry of “Ong”, step by step

Ong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseônggrandfather; grandpa; Sir; Mr; you, my...
2Proto-Vieticʔɔːŋhoney bee
3Proto-Mon-Khmerʔuŋwasp; hornet

via Taishanese 鄧

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Taishanese鄧—

Words derived from “Ong”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔuŋ →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔɔːŋ →Every word from Vietnamese ông →
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