Where does “đèn xanh đỏ” come from?
đèn xanh đỏ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đèn xanh đèn đỏ, from Vietnamese đèn xanh, from Vietnamese xanh, from French saint, from Latin sānctus, from Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ — heel of the foot; heel.
đèn xanh đỏ (Vietnamese): traffic light
Definitions
- traffic light
Ancestry of “đèn xanh đỏ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đèn xanh đèn đỏ | traffic light |
| 2 | Vietnamese | đèn xanh | green light |
| 3 | Vietnamese | xanh | grue; green; wok |
| 4 | French | saint | saint; saintly |
| 5 | Latin | sānctus | sacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred |
| 6 | Latin | Iacobus | Jacob; James; Saint James |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἰάκωβος | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἰακώβ | Jacob |
| 9 | Hebrew | יַעֲקֹב | Jacob |
| 10 | Hebrew | עָקֵב | heel of the foot; heel |