Where does “bom nguyên tử” come from?
bom nguyên tử (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 nguyên tử (Vietnamese): atomic bomb
Definitions
- atomic bomb
Ancestry of “bom nguyên tử”, step by step
bom nguyên tử traces back through two 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 |