Where does “mai mốt” come from?

mai mốt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mốt, 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.

mai mốt (Vietnamese): in the near future

Definitions

  1. in the near future

Ancestry of “mai mốt”, step by step

mai mốt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mốt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemốtfashion; trend; day after tomorrow; one; -one
2Frenchmodefashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...
3Middle Frenchmode
4Old Frenchmode
5Latinmodusmeasure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Vietnamese mài

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemàito grind
2Proto-Vieticmeːʔ
3Proto-Mon-Khmermeeʔ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-
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