Where does “nở mặt” come from?
nở mặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nổ, from Vietnamese lò, from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder — to fit, to fix, to put together.
nở mặt (Vietnamese): to feel proud, to be elated due to pride
Definitions
- to feel proud, to be elated due to pride
Ancestry of “nở mặt”, step by step
nở mặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese nổ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nổ | to explode; to pop; to burst |
| 2 | Vietnamese | lò | kiln, furnace, oven, heater |
| 3 | Vietnamese | bỏ | to put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit |
| 4 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 5 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 6 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 7 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 8 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 9 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 10 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |