Where does “thua kém” come from?
thua kém (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese kém, from French chou à la crème, from French crème, from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, from Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
thua kém (Vietnamese): to be inferior to generally speaking
Definitions
- to be inferior to generally speaking
Ancestry of “thua kém”, step by step
thua kém traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese kém
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | kém | less; lesser; bad; preceding |
| 2 | French | chou à la crème | cream puff |
| 3 | French | crème | cream; cool; café crème |
| 4 | Middle French | chresme | cream (milk product) |
| 5 | Old French | cresme | cream |
| 6 | Late Latin | crama | skim; nominative plural of crāmum; accusative... |
| 7 | Late Latin | chrisma | ointment |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χρῖσμα | anointing, unction; wall coating, plaster |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |