Where does “phá đám” come from?
phá đám (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phá, from French phare, from Ancient Greek φάρος, from Ancient Greek φᾶρος — large piece of cloth, web; wide cloak or mantle...
phá đám (Vietnamese): to disrupt; to sabotage; to be a killjoy; to be a spoil-sport; to be a troublemaker; to be a stormy petrel
Definitions
- to disrupt; to sabotage; to be a killjoy; to be a spoil-sport; to be a troublemaker; to be a stormy petrel
Ancestry of “phá đám”, step by step
phá đám traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese phá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | phá | destroy, demolish; lagoon |
| 2 | French | phare | leading, signature, key, flagship; lighthouse;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φάρος | pharynx; plough; ploughing |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φᾶρος | large piece of cloth, web; wide cloak or mantle... |
via Vietnamese đám
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đám | cluster, heap; crowd, throng, gathering |