Where does “phóng tác” come from?

phóng tác (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.

phóng tác (Vietnamese): to adapt (from a novel etc.)

Definitions

  1. to adapt (from a novel etc.)

Ancestry of “phóng tác”, step by step

phóng tác traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese phòng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephòngroom; ward; chamber
2EnglishfontA receptacle in a church for holy water,...
3Middle Frenchfonte
4Old Frenchfondreto melt
5Latinfunderesecond-person singular present passive...
6LatinfundoI pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make...
7Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Vietnamese tác

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetácage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-