Where does “lớn tuổi” come from?
lớn tuổi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lớn, from French galon, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.
lớn tuổi (Vietnamese): old, aged
Definitions
- old, aged
Ancestry of “lớn tuổi”, step by step
lớn tuổi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese lớn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lớn | big; large; grown-up; adult; great; grand |
| 2 | French | galon | braid; stripe |
| 3 | Latin | galum | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *galla | — |
| 5 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
via Vietnamese tuổi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tuổi | age; year |