Where does “má hồng” come from?

má hồng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Mã, from Chinese 碼, from English Mark, from German mark, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos — adjectival suffix.

má hồng (Vietnamese): rosy cheeks; young and beautiful women

Definitions

  1. rosy cheeks; young and beautiful women

Ancestry of “má hồng”, step by step

má hồng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamese
2Chinese
3EnglishMarkAbbreviation of Markarian
4Germanmarkmark any of various European monetary units
5LatinMārcus
6LatinMartīnus
7Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
8Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
9Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
10Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Vietnamese hồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehồngpink; red; persimmon
2Proto-Vietic-hɔːŋʔ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from Latin -īnusEvery word from Latin Martīnus
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