Where does “bôm” come from?
bôm (Vietnamese) comes from French pomme, from Latin poma, from Latin pomum, from Latin pomus, from Proto-Italic poomos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂po-h₁ém-os, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.
bôm (Vietnamese): apple; a plant-derived tar
Definitions
- apple; a plant-derived tar
Ancestry of “bôm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pomme | apple; Any of several objects of approximately... |
| 2 | Latin | poma | nominative plural of pōmum; accusative plural of... |
| 3 | Latin | pomum | any type of fruit; fruit tree |
| 4 | Latin | pomus | fruit; fruit tree |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | poomos | fruit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂po-h₁ém-os | taken off |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epo | from, off, back; off, away; off, from |