Where does “phê như con tê tê” come from?

phê như con tê tê (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 — whale, sea monster; abyss.

phê như con tê tê (Vietnamese): very high or satisfied

Definitions

  1. very high or satisfied

Ancestry of “phê như con tê tê”, step by step

phê như con tê tê traces back through 3 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
15Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
16Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
17Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Vietnamese còn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecònto remain; to be left; to still have or exist; to...
2Frenchalcoolalcohol, especially domestic, medical, methylated...
3Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
4Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
5Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
6Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
7Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via Vietnamese như

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhưlike; as
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος
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