Where does “kẹo bông gòn” come from?
kẹo bông gòn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bông gòn, from Vietnamese bóng, 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...
kẹo bông gòn (Vietnamese): cotton candy
Definitions
- cotton candy
Ancestry of “kẹo bông gòn”, step by step
kẹo bông gòn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese bông gòn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bông gòn | ceiba |
| 2 | Vietnamese | bóng | a ball; shadow; reflection |
| 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... |