Where does “hào” come from?

hào (English) comes from Vietnamese hào, from Middle Chinese 壕.

hào (English): A subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of...

Definitions

  1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of...

Ancestry of “hào”, step by step

hào traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehàohao, one tenth of đồng; great; extraordinary
2Middle Chinese壕—

via Manipuri ꯍꯥꯎ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manipuriꯍꯥꯎ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 壕 →Every word from Vietnamese hào →