Where does “tăng” come from?
tăng (Vietnamese) comes from English tangent, from Latin tangentem, from Latin tangens, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.
tăng (Vietnamese): to increase; monk
Definitions
- to increase; monk
Ancestry of “tăng”, step by step
tăng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English tangent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tangent | A straight line touching a curve at a single... |
| 2 | Latin | tangentem | accusative masculine singular of tangēns;... |
| 3 | Latin | tangens | touching, grasping; reaching, arriving at;... |
| 4 | Latin | tangō | to touch, grasp |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *tangō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | denḱ- | to bite |
via Chinese 僧
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 僧 | sangha |
| 2 | Chinese | 僧伽 | sangha; Buddhist community of monks, nuns,... |
| 3 | Pali | saṅgha | multitude, assemblage of people; sangha |
| 4 | Sanskrit | सङ्घ | assembly; association; group |
| 5 | Sanskrit | हन् | killing, striking, slaying; to strike, beat; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰʰan- | — |
via French tank
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tank | tank military vehicle |
| 2 | English | tank | A closed container for liquids or gases; An open... |
| 3 | Portuguese | tanque | tank; cistern; a sink used for laundry |
| 4 | Gujarati | ટાંકી | cistern, underwater water reservour |
| 5 | Prakrit | 𑀝𑀁𑀓 | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | टङ्क | fruit of {{taxlink|Feronia elephantum|species}};... |