Where does “ăn lông ở lỗ” come from?
ăn lông ở lỗ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lò, from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ăn lông ở lỗ (Vietnamese): to live as if one is a prehistoric man
Definitions
- to live as if one is a prehistoric man
Ancestry of “ăn lông ở lỗ”, step by step
ăn lông ở lỗ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese lò
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lò | kiln, furnace, oven, heater |
| 2 | Vietnamese | bỏ | to put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit |
| 3 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 4 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 5 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 6 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 7 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 8 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 9 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Vietnamese lòng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lòng | intestines; the central region of a hand or foot;... |
| 2 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |