Where does “đơn thuốc” come from?

đơn thuốc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thuốc, from Chinese 毒, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan duk ~ tuk — poison; poisonous, toxic; to poison.

đơn thuốc (Vietnamese): prescription written order for the administration of a medicine

Definitions

  1. prescription written order for the administration of a medicine

Ancestry of “đơn thuốc”, step by step

đơn thuốc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thuốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethuốcmedicine; medicament; drug; Short for thuốc lá;...
2Chinese毒—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanduk ~ tukpoison; poisonous, toxic; to poison

via Vietnamese đơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđơnapplication, petition, request; alone, only
2Proto-Mon-Khmerɗuənwide hat of straw

Words derived from “đơn thuốc”

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