Where does “đức ông” come from?
đức ông (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Đức, from Chinese 德, from Mandarin 德意志, from German Deutsch, from Old High German diutsch, from Old High German diutisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
đức ông (Vietnamese): His Royal Highness
Definitions
- His Royal Highness
Ancestry of “đức ông”, step by step
đức ông traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese Đức
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Đức | German |
| 2 | Chinese | 德 | — |
| 3 | Mandarin | 德意志 | — |
| 4 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 5 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via French Monseigneur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Monseigneur | Alternative letter-case form of monseigneur |
| 2 | French | Seigneur | Lord |
| 3 | Middle French | seigneur | lord; sire |
| 4 | Old French | seignor | lord; sire; master |
| 5 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 6 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |