Where does “ngày mốt” come from?
ngày 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.
ngày mốt (Vietnamese): overmorrow; the day after tomorrow
Definitions
- overmorrow; the day after tomorrow
Ancestry of “ngày mốt”, step by step
ngày mốt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese mốt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mốt | fashion; trend; day after tomorrow; one; -one |
| 2 | French | mode | fashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,... |
| 3 | Middle French | mode | — |
| 4 | Old French | mode | — |
| 5 | Latin | modus | measure |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |