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
- telephone; to telephone; to call
Ancestry of “điện thoại”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 電話 | telephone; telephone call; phone call; call; to... |
| 2 | Japanese | 電 | lightning |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 電 | — |
Words derived from “điện thoại”