Where does “đậu phụng” come from?

đậu phụng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đậu, from Vietnamese đậu phụ, from Chinese 豆腐 — tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical...

đậu phụng (Vietnamese): peanut, groundnut, earthnut

Definitions

  1. peanut, groundnut, earthnut

Ancestry of “đậu phụng”, step by step

đậu phụng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đậu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđậubean; nut; to park
2Vietnameseđậu phụtofu
3Chinese豆腐tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical...

via Vietnamese Phụng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesePhụng
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Chinese 豆腐