Where does “búp phê” come from?

búp phê (Vietnamese) comes from French buffet, from Middle French bufet, from Old French bufet, from Old French buffe — blow.

búp phê (Vietnamese): buffet

Definitions

  1. buffet

Ancestry of “búp phê”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbuffetsideboard, dresser; buffet
2Middle Frenchbufet—
3Old Frenchbufet—
4Old Frenchbuffeblow
Every word from Old French buffe →Every word from Old French bufet →Every word from Middle French bufet →