Where does “cười vỡ bụng” come from?
cười vỡ bụng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bụng, from Khmer បង, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
cười vỡ bụng (Vietnamese): to spit one's sides with laughter
Definitions
- to spit one's sides with laughter
Ancestry of “cười vỡ bụng”, step by step
cười vỡ bụng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
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... |
via Vietnamese vô
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | vô | to enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing... |
| 2 | Vietnamese | vụ | season; case, affair; specialized department... |
| 3 | Chinese | 務 | — |
| 4 | Sino-Tibetan | *mow | — |
via Vietnamese cười
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cười | smile |