Where does “lắm lần” come from?
lắm lần (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.
lắm lần (Vietnamese): several times; many times
Definitions
- several times; many times
Ancestry of “lắm lần”, step by step
lắm lần 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 | — |
via Vietnamese lặn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lặn | to dive; to hide; to set |
| 2 | English | lane | A road, street, or similar thoroughfare; A narrow... |
| 3 | Middle English | lane | lane, alley narrow passage between buildings |
| 4 | Old English | lane | lane, narrow path |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | lanu | lane, passageway |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lanō | lane, passageway |