Where does “làm màu” come from?

làm màu (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 màu (Vietnamese): to be flamboyant or showy

Definitions

  1. to be flamboyant or showy

Ancestry of “làm màu”, step by step

làm màu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese làm

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

via Vietnamese máu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáublood; an inherent trait; health
2Proto-Celtic*māyūs—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from French -é →