Where does “Tàu Chợ Lớn” come from?
Tàu Chợ Lớn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Chợ Lớn, from Vietnamese lớn, from French galon, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.
Tàu Chợ Lớn (Vietnamese): Of or pertaining to ethnic Chinese people in Vietnam
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to ethnic Chinese people in Vietnam
Ancestry of “Tàu Chợ Lớn”, step by step
Tàu Chợ Lớn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese Chợ Lớn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Chợ Lớn | A market in Buôn Ma Thuột, Đắk Lắk |
| 2 | Vietnamese | lớn | big; large; grown-up; adult; great; grand |
| 3 | French | galon | braid; stripe |
| 4 | Latin | galum | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *galla | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |