Where does “báo bờm” come from?

báo bờm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bơm, from French pommé, from Middle French pomme, from Old French pome, from Latin pōmum, from Latin pōmus, from Proto-Italic poomos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂po-h₁ém-os — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.

báo bờm (Vietnamese): cheetah

Definitions

  1. cheetah

Ancestry of “báo bờm”, step by step

báo bờm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bơm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebơmpump; to pump
2Frenchpommépast participle of pommer; grown round, or like...
3Middle Frenchpomme
4Old Frenchpomeapple
5Latinpōmumany type of fruit (applied to apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.)
6Latinpōmusfruit
7Proto-Italicpoomosfruit
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂po-h₁ém-ostaken off
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from

via Vietnamese báo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebáoa leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
2Chinese
3Chinese
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*prawkto be speckled, variegated, spotted
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epoEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₂po-h₁ém-osEvery word from Proto-Italic poomos
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