Where does “nguyền rủa” come from?
nguyền rủa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese rửa, from French ajourer, from French ajour, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus — in.
nguyền rủa (Vietnamese): to curse
Definitions
- to curse
Ancestry of “nguyền rủa”, step by step
nguyền rủa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese rửa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | rửa | to wash something non-fabric and non-rice |
| 2 | French | ajourer | to perforate |
| 3 | French | ajour | a slit that lets in daylight |
| 4 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 5 | English | avie | emulously |
| 6 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 7 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 8 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 9 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Vietnamese nguyền
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nguyền | to wish for; to long for |