Where does “đầu chôm chôm” come from?

đầu chôm chôm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đầu, from Middle Chinese 頭.

đầu chôm chôm (Vietnamese): bouffant hair

Definitions

  1. bouffant hair

Ancestry of “đầu chôm chôm”, step by step

đầu chôm chôm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđầuhead; tip; end; beginning; commencement; start
2Middle Chinese頭—

via Vietnamese chôm chôm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechôm chômrambutan; HIV
Every word from Middle Chinese 頭 →Every word from Vietnamese đầu →