Where does “làm ăn” come from?
làm ăn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese làm, from French lamé, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
làm ăn (Vietnamese): to work (for one's living); to make a living; to do business
Definitions
- to work (for one's living); to make a living; to do business
Ancestry of “làm ăn”, step by step
làm ăn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese làm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | làm | to do; to make; to work |
| 2 | French | lamé | past participle of lamer |
| 3 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 4 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 5 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |