Where does “ông cụ non” come from?
ông cụ non (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ông cụ, from Vietnamese cú, from French coup, from Old French colp, from Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷelp-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
ông cụ non (Vietnamese): some who is an old head on young shoulders
Definitions
- some who is an old head on young shoulders
Ancestry of “ông cụ non”, step by step
ông cụ non traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese ông cụ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | ông cụ | an old man; an elderly man |
| 2 | Vietnamese | cú | an owl; hoot; to knuckle one's head |
| 3 | French | coup | blow, hit, strike; fast and instantaneous action;... |
| 4 | Old French | colp | strike; hit |
| 5 | Latin | colpus | stroke; strike; hit |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κόλπος | bosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷelp- | to bend; to curve, arch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |