Where does “ngông cuồng” come from?

ngông cuồng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cuồng, from Chinese 狂.

ngông cuồng (Vietnamese): wild; eccentric; crazy

Definitions

  1. wild; eccentric; crazy

Ancestry of “ngông cuồng”, step by step

ngông cuồng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cuồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecuồngcrazy; mad; bonkers; Short for cuồng nhiệt
2Chinese狂—

via Vietnamese ngông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengôngrash; peculiar; eccentric
Every word from Chinese 狂 →Every word from Vietnamese cuồng →