Where does “tiếng Pháp” come from?
tiếng Pháp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese pháp, from Chinese 法蘭西, from French France, from Middle French France, from Old French France, from Latin francia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
tiếng Pháp (Vietnamese): the French language
Definitions
- the French language
Ancestry of “tiếng Pháp”, step by step
tiếng Pháp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese pháp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | pháp | rule; law; standard; method |
| 2 | Chinese | 法蘭西 | — |
| 3 | French | France | — |
| 4 | Middle French | France | — |
| 5 | Old French | France | — |
| 6 | Latin | francia | nominative plural of francium; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |