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Where does “điểm nóng” come from?

điểm nóng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nóng, from Chinese 農, from English Sino-Tibetan, from English Tibetan, from English -an, from Italian -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -ana.

điểm nóng (Vietnamese): hotspot

Definitions

  1. hotspot

Ancestry of “điểm nóng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenónghot; hot-tempered; quick-tempered; irritable;...
2Chinese農—
3EnglishSino-TibetanOf, or relating to, both China and Tibet; Of the...
4EnglishTibetanPertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture,...
5English-anOf or pertaining to;
6Italian-ana-an, -y
7Spanish-anafeminine singular of -ano
8Latin-anainflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative...
9Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
10Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
11Proto-Italic*-om—
12Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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