Where does “phân bì” come from?
phân bì (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phân, from Chinese 粉, from English fans, from English fan, from English fanatic, from French fanatique, from Latin fānāticus, from Latin -aticus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
phân bì (Vietnamese): to jealously compare; to be envious
Definitions
- to jealously compare; to be envious
Ancestry of “phân bì”, step by step
phân bì traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese phân
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | phân | stool; faeces; excrement; fertiliser; manure; an... |
| 2 | Chinese | 粉 | vermicelli |
| 3 | English | fans | plural of fan; Third-person singular simple... |
| 4 | English | fan | A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed... |
| 5 | English | fanatic | Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a... |
| 6 | French | fanatique | fanatic, fanatical; fanatic |
| 7 | Latin | fānāticus | temple |
| 8 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 9 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via Vietnamese bí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bí | pumpkin; other plants in the Cucurbitaceae... |
| 2 | French | bille | marble; ball; ball bearing |
| 3 | Middle French | bille | — |
| 4 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |