Where does “Nguyên” come from?

Nguyên (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese Mandarin 元, from Chinese Mandarin 圓.

Nguyên (Vietnamese): Yuan, a Mongolian dynasty

Definitions

  1. Yuan, a Mongolian dynasty

Ancestry of “Nguyên”, step by step

Nguyên traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese Mandarin 元

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin元—
2Chinese Mandarin圓—

via Chinese 元

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese元monetary unit, "especially" RMB; yuan

Words derived from “Nguyên”

Every word from Chinese Mandarin 圓 →Every word from Chinese Mandarin 元 →
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