Where does “đen sì” come from?

đen sì (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Sĩ, from French SI, from French tôt, from Old French tost, from Latin tostum, from Latin tostus, from Proto-Italic *torstos.

đen sì (Vietnamese): very black with an almost grayish tint

Definitions

  1. very black with an almost grayish tint

Ancestry of “đen sì”, step by step

đen sì traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamese
2FrenchSISI
3Frenchtôtearly
4Old Frenchtostearly; soon; quickly; straight away
5Latintostumnominative neuter singular of tostus; accusative...
6Latintostusroasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted;...
7Proto-Italic*torstos

via Vietnamese đen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđenof the color black; dark; swarthy; unlucky;...
Every word from Proto-Italic *torstosEvery word from Latin tostusEvery word from Latin tostum