Where does “đầm lầy” come from?
đầm lầy (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 lầy (Vietnamese): swamp
Definitions
- swamp
Ancestry of “đầm lầy”, step by step
đầm lầy 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 lầy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lầy | marshy, muddy; playful |