Where does “bom ba càng” come from?
bom ba càng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bơm, from French pommé, from Middle French pomme, from Old French pome, from Latin pōmum, from Latin pōmus, from Proto-Italic poomos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂po-h₁ém-os — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.
bom ba càng (Vietnamese): lunge mine
Definitions
- lunge mine
Ancestry of “bom ba càng”, step by step
bom ba càng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bơm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bơm | pump; to pump |
| 2 | French | pommé | past participle of pommer; grown round, or like... |
| 3 | Middle French | pomme | — |
| 4 | Old French | pome | apple |
| 5 | Latin | pōmum | any type of fruit (applied to apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.) |
| 6 | Latin | pōmus | fruit |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poomos | fruit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂po-h₁ém-os | taken off |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epo | from, off, back; off, away; off, from |