Where does “thối não” come from?
thối não (Vietnamese) comes from English brain rot, from English rot, from Middle English roten, from Middle English rote, from Old French rote, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
thối não (Vietnamese): to be brain rotten
Definitions
- to be brain rotten
Ancestry of “thối não”, step by step
thối não traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English brain rot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | brain rot | The degradation of mental faculties, intelligence, common sense, or moral character |
| 2 | English | rot | To suffer decomposition due to biological action,... |
| 3 | Middle English | roten | To decompose; to make or become rotten or spoiled |
| 4 | Middle English | rote | The root; The foundation or base of a... |
| 5 | Old French | rote | route, path |
| 6 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 7 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 8 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |