Where does “rao giảng” come from?
rao giảng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giảng, from French Jean, from English Jean, from English Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Old French Jehane, from Medieval Latin Johanna, from Latin Joanna — God is gracious.
rao giảng (Vietnamese): to announce everywhere, to deliver sermons
Definitions
- to announce everywhere, to deliver sermons
Ancestry of “rao giảng”, step by step
rao giảng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese giảng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | giảng | to explain; to explicate; to lecture |
| 2 | French | Jean | John |
| 3 | English | Jean | Denim |
| 4 | English | Jeanne | — |
| 5 | French | Jeanne | Jane, feminine of John |
| 6 | Old French | Jehane | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | Johanna | — |
| 8 | Latin | Joanna | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννα | — |
| 10 | Hebrew | יוֹחָנָה | — |
| 11 | Hebrew | יוֹחָנָן | God is gracious |
| 12 | Hebrew | יְהוֹחָנָן | God is gracious |