Where does “gò má” come from?

gò má (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Mã, from Chinese 碼, from English Mark, from German mark, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos — adjectival suffix.

gò má (Vietnamese): cheekbone

Definitions

  1. cheekbone

Ancestry of “gò má”, step by step

gò má traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Mã

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseMã—
2Chinese碼—
3EnglishMarkAbbreviation of Markarian
4Germanmarkmark any of various European monetary units
5LatinMārcus—
6LatinMartīnus—
7Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
8Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
9Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
10Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Vietnamese gò

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegòmound, knoll; to bend, to curve
2Proto-Mon-Khmertkɔɔʔisland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin Martīnus →