Where does “nhòm ngó” come from?

nhòm ngó (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nhóm, from Vietnamese a-luy-mi-nhôm, from French aluminium, from English aluminium, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.

Ancestry of “nhòm ngó”, step by step

nhòm ngó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nhóm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhómgroup; to team up, to form a group; to make a...
2Vietnamesea-luy-mi-nhôm
3Frenchaluminiumaluminum
4EnglishaluminiumA light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,...
5Latinalūmenalum
6English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
7Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
8Proto-Italic*-om
9Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

via Vietnamese ngó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengóto take a peek; to have a quick look
2Old Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHomEvery word from English -iumEvery word from Latin alūmen