Where does “Annam” come from?

Annam (French) comes from Vietnamese An Nam, from Vietnamese năm, from Proto-Chamic *nam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian ənəm, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm.

Ancestry of “Annam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseAn NamAnnam, a former colonial province of China, now part of present-day Northern Vietnam
2Vietnamesenămfive; a year
3Proto-Chamic*namsix
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəmsix
5Proto-Austronesianənəmsix
6Proto-Austroasiatic*ənəm—

Words derived from “Annam”

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