Where does “nhôm nhựa” come from?
nhôm nhựa (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.
nhôm nhựa (Vietnamese): scrap; junk
Definitions
- scrap; junk
Ancestry of “nhôm nhựa”, step by step
nhôm nhựa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese nhóm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nhóm | group; to team up, to form a group; to make a... |
| 2 | Vietnamese | a-luy-mi-nhôm | — |
| 3 | French | aluminium | aluminum |
| 4 | English | aluminium | A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,... |
| 5 | Latin | alūmen | alum |
| 6 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Vietnamese nhựa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nhựa | resin; gum; sap (of a plant) |