Where does “điện thoại” come from?

điện thoại (Vietnamese) comes from Japanese 電話, from Japanese 電, from Middle Chinese 電.

điện thoại (Vietnamese): telephone; to telephone; to call

Definitions

  1. telephone; to telephone; to call

Ancestry of “điện thoại”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese電話telephone; telephone call; phone call; call; to...
2Japanese電lightning
3Middle Chinese電—

Words derived from “điện thoại”

Every word from Middle Chinese 電 →Every word from Japanese 電 →Every word from Japanese 電話 →