Where does “phớt tỉnh” come from?

phớt tỉnh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tính, from Proto-Athabaskan tən, from Persian تن, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз.

phớt tỉnh (Vietnamese): to ignore somebody on purpose

Definitions

  1. to ignore somebody on purpose

Ancestry of “phớt tỉnh”, step by step

phớt tỉnh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tính

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetínhto calculate; to think of; to be of a mind;...
2Proto-Athabaskantənice, frost
3Persianتنbody; person; tonne
4EnglishtonA unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000...
5FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
6Old Frenchtonyour
7Latintuusyour
8Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
9Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
10Polishtuhere
11Polishbyćto be
12Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
13Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
14Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis

via English phot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphotA photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous...
2EnglishphotographA picture created by projecting an image onto a...
3Englishphoto-light, electromagnetic radiation; photography
4Ancient Greekφωτο-
5Ancient GreekφῶςAttic form of φᾰ́ος
6Proto-Hellenicpʰáos
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂os
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis