Where does “thuốc đánh răng” come from?
thuốc đánh răng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đánh răng, from Vietnamese đánh, from Chinese 打, from English dozen, from Middle English dozen, from Old French dozaine, from Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin dodeci — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
thuốc đánh răng (Vietnamese): toothpaste
Definitions
- toothpaste
Ancestry of “thuốc đánh răng”, step by step
thuốc đánh răng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đánh răng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đánh răng | to brush one's teeth |
| 2 | Vietnamese | đánh | to strike, usually with your palms or a weapon;... |
| 3 | Chinese | 打 | — |
| 4 | English | dozen | A set of twelve; A large, unspecified number of,... |
| 5 | Middle English | dozen | — |
| 6 | Old French | dozaine | a group of twelve |
| 7 | Old French | doze | twelve |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | dodeci | — |
| 9 | Latin | duodecim | twelve; 12; dozen |
| 10 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 11 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |