Where does “nông nổi” come from?
nông nổi (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.
nông nổi (Vietnamese): shallow; superficial
Definitions
- shallow; superficial
Ancestry of “nông nổi”, step by step
nông nổi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese nóng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nóng | hot; hot-tempered; quick-tempered; irritable;... |
| 2 | Chinese | 農 | — |
| 3 | English | Sino-Tibetan | Of, or relating to, both China and Tibet; Of the... |
| 4 | English | Tibetan | Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture,... |
| 5 | English | -an | Of or pertaining to; |
| 6 | Italian | -ana | -an, -y |
| 7 | Spanish | -ana | feminine singular of -ano |
| 8 | Latin | -ana | inflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 9 | Latin | -anus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
| 10 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |