Where does “đầm đìa” come from?
đầm đìa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đầm, from French dame, from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus, from Latin domus, from Proto-Italic domos — to build; to arrange, to put together.
đầm đìa (Vietnamese): soaking wet; soaked through
Definitions
- soaking wet; soaked through
Ancestry of “đầm đìa”, step by step
đầm đìa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đầm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đầm | swamp; to be soaking; to be sopping wet; French... |
| 2 | French | dame | A lady; A polite form of address for a woman;... |
| 3 | Old French | dame | lady; woman |
| 4 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 5 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 6 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 7 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
via Vietnamese đìa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đìa | a pond (in the field) |