Where does “đốt phá” come from?

đốt phá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phá, from French phare, from Ancient Greek φάρος, from Ancient Greek φᾶρος — large piece of cloth, web; wide cloak or mantle...

đốt phá (Vietnamese): to burn and destroy things

Definitions

  1. to burn and destroy things

Ancestry of “đốt phá”, step by step

đốt phá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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...

via Vietnamese đốt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđốtto burn, to set fire; to sting; joint; internode
2Proto-Vietictuːcto light; inter-node
3Proto-Mon-Khmert₁ut
Every word from Ancient Greek φᾶρος
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