Where does “Phấn Trắng” come from?

Phấn Trắng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phân, from Chinese 粉, from English fans, from English fan, from English fanatic, from French fanatique, from Latin fānāticus, from Latin -aticus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Ancestry of “Phấn Trắng”, step by step

Phấn Trắng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese phân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephânstool; faeces; excrement; fertiliser; manure; an...
2Chinesevermicelli
3Englishfansplural of fan; Third-person singular simple...
4EnglishfanA hand-held device consisting of concertinaed...
5EnglishfanaticFanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a...
6Frenchfanatiquefanatic, fanatical; fanatic
7Latinfānāticustemple
8Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
9Latin-ātused
10Proto-Italic-ātos
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Vietnamese trắng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrắngwhite; pale
2Proto-Vietick-laŋʔwhite
3Proto-Mon-Khmerklaŋʔ

via Chinese 白堊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese白堊chalk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Latin -aticus