Where does “nàng tiên” come from?
nàng tiên (Vietnamese) comes from French fée, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
nàng tiên (Vietnamese): a young-looking female fairy; cocaine
Definitions
- a young-looking female fairy; cocaine
Ancestry of “nàng tiên”, step by step
nàng tiên traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French fée
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fée | fairy, fay |
| 2 | Old French | fae | — |
| 3 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 4 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 5 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 6 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |