Where does “mốt” come from?

mốt (Vietnamese) comes from French mode, from Middle French mode, from Old French mode, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

mốt (Vietnamese): fashion; trend; day after tomorrow; one; -one

Definitions

  1. fashion; trend; day after tomorrow; one; -one

Ancestry of “mốt”, step by step

mốt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French mode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmodefashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...
2Middle Frenchmode—
3Old Frenchmode—
4Latinmodusmeasure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Vietnamese một

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemộtone; the eleventh lunar month; only; sole
2Proto-Vieticmoːcone
3Proto-Mon-Khmermuujone

Words derived from “mốt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →