Where does “bút chì bấm” come from?
bút chì bấm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bút chì, from Japanese 鉛筆 — a pencil.
bút chì bấm (Vietnamese): mechanical pencil
Ancestry of “bút chì bấm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | bút chì | a pencil |
| 2 | Japanese | 鉛筆 | a pencil |