Where does “pow” come from?

pow (English) comes from Cantonese 包.

pow (English): The sound of a violent impact, such as a punch;...

Definitions

  1. The sound of a violent impact, such as a punch;...

Ancestry of “pow”, step by step

pow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cantonese 包

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cantonese包—

via Hokkien 傅

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hokkien傅—

Words derived from “pow”

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