Where does “phần lớn” come from?
phần lớn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phân, from Chinese 粉, from English fans, from English fan, from English fanatic, from French fanatique, from Latin fānāticus, from Latin -aticus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
phần lớn (Vietnamese): the greatest part; the most part
Definitions
- the greatest part; the most part
Ancestry of “phần lớn”, step by step
phần lớn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese phân
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | phân | stool; faeces; excrement; fertiliser; manure; an... |
| 2 | Chinese | 粉 | vermicelli |
| 3 | English | fans | plural of fan; Third-person singular simple... |
| 4 | English | fan | A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed... |
| 5 | English | fanatic | Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a... |
| 6 | French | fanatique | fanatic, fanatical; fanatic |
| 7 | Latin | fānāticus | temple |
| 8 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 9 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |