Where does “lừng danh” come from?
lừng danh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đánh, from Chinese 打, from English dozen, from Middle English dozen, from Old French dozaine, from Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin dodeci, from Latin duodecim — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
lừng danh (Vietnamese): celebrated; famous; esteemed; notable; renowned
Definitions
- celebrated; famous; esteemed; notable; renowned
Ancestry of “lừng danh”, step by step
lừng danh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đánh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đánh | to strike, usually with your palms or a weapon;... |
| 2 | Chinese | 打 | — |
| 3 | English | dozen | A set of twelve; A large, unspecified number of,... |
| 4 | Middle English | dozen | — |
| 5 | Old French | dozaine | a group of twelve |
| 6 | Old French | doze | twelve |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | dodeci | — |
| 8 | Latin | duodecim | twelve; 12; dozen |
| 9 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 10 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |