Where does “bệ phóng” come from?
bệ phóng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phòng, from English font, from Middle French fonte, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.
bệ phóng (Vietnamese): launch pad
Definitions
- launch pad
Ancestry of “bệ phóng”, step by step
bệ phóng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese phòng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | phòng | room; ward; chamber |
| 2 | English | font | A receptacle in a church for holy water,... |
| 3 | Middle French | fonte | — |
| 4 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 5 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 6 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 7 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Vietnamese bé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bé | small; little; tiny; little; very young; Short... |
| 2 | French | beige | beige |
| 3 | Middle French | beige | — |
| 4 | Old French | bege | color of undyed wool or cotton |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | bysseus | cottony grey; cotton-coloured |
| 6 | Latin | byssus | byssus or sea silk |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βύσσος | flax; linen; Levant cotton |
| 8 | Hebrew | בּוּץ | byssus |