Where does “dân lành” come from?
dân lành (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dân, from Middle Chinese 民, from English people, from Middle English puple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pople, from Latin populus, from Old Latin populus — army.
dân lành (Vietnamese): law-abiding citizens
Definitions
- law-abiding citizens
Ancestry of “dân lành”, step by step
dân lành traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese dân
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | dân | people; citizen; ordinary people; commoner; the... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 民 | people |
| 3 | English | people | a body of human beings considered generally or... |
| 4 | Middle English | puple | people |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | people | — |
| 6 | Old French | pople | Alternative form of pueple |
| 7 | Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 8 | Old Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 9 | Old Latin | poplus | — |
| 10 | Old Latin | poplos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | poplos | army |