Where does “thổi phồng” come from?
thổi phồng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phòng, from English font, from Middle French fonte, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.
thổi phồng (Vietnamese): to exaggerate; to inflate
Definitions
- to exaggerate; to inflate
Ancestry of “thổi phồng”, step by step
thổi phồng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese phòng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | phòng | room; ward; chamber |
| 2 | English | font | A receptacle in a church for holy water,... |
| 3 | Middle French | fonte | — |
| 4 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 5 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 6 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 7 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |