Where does “bóng đèn” come from?
bóng đèn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bóng, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
bóng đèn (Vietnamese): light bulb; third wheel
Ancestry of “bóng đèn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | bóng | a ball; shadow; reflection |
| 2 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 3 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 4 | Old French | bon | good |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |