Where does “mềm dẻo” come from?
mềm dẻo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dẻo, from Latin deeo, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
mềm dẻo (Vietnamese): flexible; malleable; pliable
Definitions
- flexible; malleable; pliable
Ancestry of “mềm dẻo”, step by step
mềm dẻo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese dẻo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | dẻo | flexible; malleable; soft; pliable |
| 2 | Latin | deeo | I depart |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Vietnamese mềm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mềm | soft |