Where does “đánh răng” come from?
đánh răng (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 răng (Vietnamese): to brush one's teeth
Definitions
- to brush one's teeth
Ancestry of “đánh răng”, step by step
đánh răng 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 |