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Where does “tình một đêm” come from?

tình một đêm (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.

tình một đêm (Vietnamese): one-night stand

Definitions

  1. one-night stand

Ancestry of “tình một đêm”, step by step

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 Polishmóc—
14Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis →