Where does “đỏ bừng” come from?
đỏ bừng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bụng, from Khmer បង, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
đỏ bừng (Vietnamese): flushed; reddened
Definitions
- flushed; reddened
Ancestry of “đỏ bừng”, step by step
đỏ bừng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bụng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bụng | belly; feelings, personality |
| 2 | Khmer | បង | I, me, my; you, your; elder sibling |
| 3 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 4 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 5 | Old French | bon | good |
| 6 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 7 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
via Vietnamese đỏ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đỏ | red; burning; flaring up; lucky; fortunate |
| 2 | French | dose | proportion; dose; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | dosis | dose |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δόσις | giving, a gift; license, permission; portion |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δίδωμι | I give, present, offer; I grant, allow, permit;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |