Where does “phòng đôi” come from?
phòng đôi (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 đôi (Vietnamese): either a double room or a twin room
Definitions
- either a double room or a twin room
Ancestry of “phòng đôi”, step by step
phòng đôi 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 |