Where does “kem đánh răng” come from?
kem đánh răng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đánh răng, from Vietnamese đánh, from Chinese 打, from English dozen, from Middle English dozen, from Old French dozaine, from Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin dodeci — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
kem đánh răng (Vietnamese): toothpaste
Ancestry of “kem đánh răng”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | đánh răng | to brush one's teeth |
| 2 | Vietnamese | đánh | to strike, usually with your palms or a weapon;... |
| 3 | Chinese | 打 | — |
| 4 | English | dozen | A set of twelve; A large, unspecified number of,... |
| 5 | Middle English | dozen | — |
| 6 | Old French | dozaine | a group of twelve |
| 7 | Old French | doze | twelve |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | dodeci | — |
| 9 | Latin | duodecim | twelve; 12; dozen |
| 10 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 11 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |