Where does “bưng bô” come from?
bưng bô (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere, from Old English rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.
bưng bô (Vietnamese): to adulate; to bootlick; to kiss up to
Definitions
- to adulate; to bootlick; to kiss up to
Ancestry of “bưng bô”, step by step
bưng bô traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bỏ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bỏ | to put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit |
| 2 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 3 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 4 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 5 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 6 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 7 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 8 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Vietnamese bụng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bụng | belly; feelings, personality |
| 2 | Khmer | បង | I, me, my; you, your; elder sibling |
| 3 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 4 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 5 | Old French | bon | good |
| 6 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 7 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |