Where does “phim ma” come from?

phim ma (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Mã, from Chinese 碼, from English Mark, from German mark, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos — adjectival suffix.

phim ma (Vietnamese): horror movies that focus specifically on ghosts or other supernatural beings

Definitions

  1. horror movies that focus specifically on ghosts or other supernatural beings

Ancestry of “phim ma”, step by step

phim ma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamese
2Chinese
3EnglishMarkAbbreviation of Markarian
4Germanmarkmark any of various European monetary units
5LatinMārcus
6LatinMartīnus
7Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
8Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
9Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
10Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Vietnamese phím

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephíma fret; a key
2Frenchfilmmovie, film
3EnglishFilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity
4Russianфильмfilm, movie
5EnglishfilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a...
6Middle Englishfilmefilm, membrane
7Old Englishfilmenmembrane; caul; foreskin
8Proto-West Germanic*filmīn-
9Proto-Germanic*filmīn-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from Latin -īnusEvery word from Latin Martīnus