Where does “si mê” come from?

si mê (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Sĩ, from French SI, from French tôt, from Old French tost, from Latin tostum, from Latin tostus, from Proto-Italic *torstos.

si mê (Vietnamese): crazy about; infatuated with; madly in love with; head over heels (in love)

Definitions

  1. crazy about; infatuated with; madly in love with; head over heels (in love)

Ancestry of “si mê”, step by step

si mê traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Sĩ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseSĩ—
2FrenchSISI
3Frenchtôtearly
4Old Frenchtostearly; soon; quickly; straight away
5Latintostumnominative neuter singular of tostus; accusative...
6Latintostusroasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted;...
7Proto-Italic*torstos—

via Vietnamese mẹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemẹa mother; I/me, your mother; you, my mother
2Chinese迷—
Every word from Proto-Italic *torstos →Every word from Latin tostus →Every word from Latin tostum →