Where does “đáng gờm” come from?

đáng gờm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gôm, from French gomme, from Italian gomma, from Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι, from Egyptian qmy — anointing oil.

đáng gờm (Vietnamese): redoubtable, formidable

Definitions

  1. redoubtable, formidable

Ancestry of “đáng gờm”, step by step

đáng gờm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gôm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegômeraser
2Frenchgommerubber, eraser; gum, chewing gum; gum
3Italiangommarubber, india rubber, caoutchouc; gum; eraser,...
4Latingumma
5LatincummiAlternative form of cummis
6Ancient Greekκόμμιgum, obtained from babul
7Egyptianqmyanointing oil

via Vietnamese đáng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđángworthy, worth; to deserve, to merit
2Proto-Vietictaŋʔbitter
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkt₂aŋbitter
Every word from Egyptian qmy