Where does “cây nhiệt đới” come from?

cây nhiệt đới (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nhiệt đới, from Vietnamese dài, from English die, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.

cây nhiệt đới (Vietnamese): tropical tree

Definitions

  1. tropical tree

Ancestry of “cây nhiệt đới”, step by step

cây nhiệt đới traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nhiệt đới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhiệt đớitropics
2Vietnamesedàilong, lengthy
3EnglishdieTo stop living; to become dead; to undergo death;...
4Latindieablative singular of diēs; day; before the day
5LatindiesA day, "particularly:"
6Latindiemaccusative singular of diēs
7Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
8Proto-Italic*djous
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyéwssky, heaven
11Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via Vietnamese cây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecâytree; plant; Short for cây số
2Proto-Vieticgəl
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(d)kərtree; plant; tree, plant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyéwsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws
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