Where does “làm chủ” come from?

làm chủ (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 chủ (Vietnamese): to own; to be the master of

Definitions

  1. to own; to be the master of

Ancestry of “làm chủ”, step by step

làm chủ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese làm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselàmto do; to make; to work
2Frenchlamépast participle of lamer
3Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
4Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
5Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Vietnamese chữ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechữalphabet, writing system, script; letter,...
2Proto-Vieticcuːʔgrandchild; father's younger brother
3Proto-Mon-Khmercuuʔgrandchild
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -aEvery word from French
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