Where does “Phước Sơn” come from?
Phước Sơn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Sơn, from French sol, from Spanish sol, from English Sol, from Old French sol, from Latin solidum, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Italic soliðos — whole.
Ancestry of “Phước Sơn”, step by step
Phước Sơn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese Sơn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Sơn | — |
| 2 | French | sol | soil, earth; ground; floor |
| 3 | Spanish | sol | sun; sunlight; sunny side |
| 4 | English | Sol | The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth |
| 5 | Old French | sol | alone; sol; Old French coin |
| 6 | Latin | solidum | solid |
| 7 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |