Where does “áo phông” come from?

áo phông (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phòng, from English font, from Middle French fonte, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.

áo phông (Vietnamese): T-shirt

Definitions

  1. T-shirt

Ancestry of “áo phông”, step by step

áo phông traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese phòng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephòngroom; ward; chamber
2EnglishfontA receptacle in a church for holy water,...
3Middle Frenchfonte
4Old Frenchfondreto melt
5Latinfunderesecond-person singular present passive...
6LatinfundoI pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make...
7Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Vietnamese áo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseáoa top; an outfit
2Proto-Vieticʔaːwʔ
3Proto-Mon-Khmerʔaawʔupper garment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-
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