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
Definitions
- toothpaste
Ancestry of “kem đánh răng”, step by step
kem đánh răng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đánh răng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via Vietnamese kém
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | kém | less; lesser; bad; preceding |
| 2 | French | chou à la crème | cream puff |
| 3 | French | crème | cream; cool; café crème |
| 4 | Middle French | chresme | cream (milk product) |
| 5 | Old French | cresme | cream |
| 6 | Late Latin | crama | skim; nominative plural of crāmum; accusative... |
| 7 | Late Latin | chrisma | ointment |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χρῖσμα | anointing, unction; wall coating, plaster |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |