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