Where does “nóng bỏng” come from?

nóng bỏng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nóng, from Chinese 農, from English Sino-Tibetan, from English Tibetan, from English -an, from Italian -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -ana.

nóng bỏng (Vietnamese): scalding hot; scorching hot

Definitions

  1. scalding hot; scorching hot

Ancestry of “nóng bỏng”, step by step

nóng bỏng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nóng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenónghot; hot-tempered; quick-tempered; irritable;...
2Chinese
3EnglishSino-TibetanOf, or relating to, both China and Tibet; Of the...
4EnglishTibetanPertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture,...
5English-anOf or pertaining to;
6Italian-ana-an, -y
7Spanish-anafeminine singular of -ano
8Latin-anainflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative...
9Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
10Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
11Proto-Italic*-om
12Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

via Vietnamese bóng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebónga ball; shadow; reflection
2Frenchbongood; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot
3Middle Frenchbongood
4Old Frenchbongood
5Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
6Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
7Proto-Italicdwenosgood
8Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHomEvery word from Latin -anaEvery word from English -an