Where does “ép phê” come from?

ép phê (Vietnamese) comes from French effet, from Old French effect, from Latin effectus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.

ép phê (Vietnamese): (of a medicine, cure, solution or measure) efficacious, effectual, potent

Definitions

  1. (of a medicine, cure, solution or measure) efficacious, effectual, potent

Ancestry of “ép phê”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frencheffeteffect; spin, bend, curl
2Old Frencheffecteffect; judgment; decree
3Latineffectusmade out, worked out, completed, finished,...
4Latinefficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose
5LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
6Latincommūnicōto impart, share
7Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
8Old Latincom(m)oinis
9Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwiduEvery word from Old High German kuti
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