Where does “bóng gió” come from?
bóng gió (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 gió (Vietnamese): hinting; insinuating; with innuendoes
Definitions
- hinting; insinuating; with innuendoes
Ancestry of “bóng gió”, step by step
bóng gió 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... |