Where does “đầm phá” come from?

đầm phá (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 phá (Vietnamese): swamps and lagoons

Definitions

  1. swamps and lagoons

Ancestry of “đầm phá”, step by step

đầm phá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đầm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđầmswamp; to be soaking; to be sopping wet; French...
2FrenchdameA lady; A polite form of address for a woman;...
3Old Frenchdamelady; woman
4Late Latindomnalady, mistress
5Latindominalady or mistress of the house
6LatinDominusthe Lord; Lord; The Lord
7Latindomushouse, home; any building or abode; native place,...
8Proto-Italicdomoshouse, home
9Proto-Indo-Europeandṓmhome; house
10Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

via Vietnamese phá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephádestroy, demolish; lagoon
2Frenchphareleading, signature, key, flagship; lighthouse;...
3Ancient Greekφάροςpharynx; plough; ploughing
4Ancient Greekφᾶροςlarge piece of cloth, web; wide cloak or mantle...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem-