Where does “Cộng hòa Pháp” come from?
Cộng hòa Pháp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese pháp, from Chinese 法蘭西, from French France, from Middle French France, from Old French France, from Latin francia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “Cộng hòa Pháp”, step by step
Cộng hòa Pháp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese pháp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | pháp | rule; law; standard; method |
| 2 | Chinese | 法蘭西 | — |
| 3 | French | France | — |
| 4 | Middle French | France | — |
| 5 | Old French | France | — |
| 6 | Latin | francia | nominative plural of francium; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Vietnamese cộng hòa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cộng hòa | Alternative spelling of cộng hoà |