Where does “phê cỏ” come from?

phê cỏ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phê, from French effet, from Old French effect, from Latin effectus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

phê cỏ (Vietnamese): to be high after smoking weed

Definitions

  1. to be high after smoking weed

Ancestry of “phê cỏ”, step by step

phê cỏ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese phê

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephêvery satisfied (especially by drugs); elated; ecstatic; high
2Frencheffeteffect; spin, bend, curl
3Old Frencheffecteffect; judgment; decree
4Latineffectusmade out, worked out, completed, finished,...
5Latinefficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose
6LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7Latincommūnicōto impart, share
8Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
9Old Latincom(m)oinis
10Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseto have; do; does; do
2Frenchcommissioncommission fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction
3Russianкоми́ссияchores
4Latincommissiocommission
5LatincommittoI commit; I begin; I carry on
6Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7Latin-dōto put
8Proto-Germanic-dô
9SiciliandiUsed to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
10Latinof; concerning; about
11Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
12Latinposteablative singular of postis
13Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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