Where does “ổ đĩa quang” come from?

ổ đĩa quang (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ổ đĩa, from Vietnamese đĩa, from Chinese 碟, from Middle Chinese 疊 — to fold.

ổ đĩa quang (Vietnamese): optical drive

Definitions

  1. optical drive

Ancestry of “ổ đĩa quang”, step by step

ổ đĩa quang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ổ đĩa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseổ đĩadrive; disc
2Vietnameseđĩaa plate, a dish, a saucer, etc; a disc, a disk,...
3Chinese碟—
4Middle Chinese疊to fold

via Vietnamese quàng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequàngnonsensical, absurd; indiscriminate; to put on,...
2Chinese廣—
Every word from Middle Chinese 疊 →