Where does “thân mến” come from?

thân mến (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mén, from English maine, from French Maine, from Old French Cemaine, from Latin Cenomania.

thân mến (Vietnamese): dear

Definitions

  1. dear

Ancestry of “thân mến”, step by step

thân mến traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mén

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseménsmall, juvenile
2EnglishmaineObsolete form of main
3FrenchMaine—
4Old FrenchCemaine—
5LatinCenomania—

via Vietnamese thân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethânclose or even best; relative; pro-
2Chinese炭coal
3Proto-Sino-Tibetantalcharcoal; dust; ashes
Every word from Latin Cenomania →