Where does “phòng ăn” come from?
phòng ăn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phòng, from English font, from Middle French fonte, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.
phòng ăn (Vietnamese): a dining room
Definitions
- a dining room
Ancestry of “phòng ăn”, step by step
phòng ăn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese phòng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | phòng | room; ward; chamber |
| 2 | English | font | A receptacle in a church for holy water,... |
| 3 | Middle French | fonte | — |
| 4 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 5 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 6 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 7 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |