Where does “sửng sốt” come from?
sửng sốt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sốt, from French sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.
sửng sốt (Vietnamese): to be astonished; to be taken aback
Definitions
- to be astonished; to be taken aback
Ancestry of “sửng sốt”, step by step
sửng sốt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese sốt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | sốt | steaming hot; at all; to have a fever; to have a... |
| 2 | French | sauce | sauce |
| 3 | Old French | sause | sauce (condiment) |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 5 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |