Where does “đánh hội đồng” come from?
đánh hội đồng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đánh, from Chinese 打, from English dozen, from Middle English dozen, from Old French dozaine, from Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin dodeci, from Latin duodecim — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
đánh hội đồng (Vietnamese): to join together to commit acts of violence upon a person, to gang up on
Definitions
- to join together to commit acts of violence upon a person, to gang up on
Ancestry of “đánh hội đồng”, step by step
đánh hội đồng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đánh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đánh | to strike, usually with your palms or a weapon;... |
| 2 | Chinese | 打 | — |
| 3 | English | dozen | A set of twelve; A large, unspecified number of,... |
| 4 | Middle English | dozen | — |
| 5 | Old French | dozaine | a group of twelve |
| 6 | Old French | doze | twelve |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | dodeci | — |
| 8 | Latin | duodecim | twelve; 12; dozen |
| 9 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 10 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via Vietnamese hội đồng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | hội đồng | council; assembly; committee |