Where does “bóng bay” come from?
bóng bay (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 bay (Vietnamese): a balloon
Definitions
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Ancestry of “bóng bay”, step by step
bóng bay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bóng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |