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
- 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 Sĩ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Sĩ | — |
| 2 | French | SI | SI |
| 3 | French | tôt | early |
| 4 | Old French | tost | early; soon; quickly; straight away |
| 5 | Latin | tostum | nominative neuter singular of tostus; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | tostus | roasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *torstos | — |
via Vietnamese đen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đen | of the color black; dark; swarthy; unlucky;... |