Where does “bạc phơ” come from?
bạc phơ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phở, from Vietnamese vô, from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.
bạc phơ (Vietnamese): all white; snowy; grey-headed; grey-haired; hoary
Definitions
- all white; snowy; grey-headed; grey-haired; hoary
Ancestry of “bạc phơ”, step by step
bạc phơ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese phở
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | phở | pho; to clear |
| 2 | Vietnamese | vô | to enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing... |
| 3 | Vietnamese | vụ | season; case, affair; specialized department... |
| 4 | Chinese | 務 | — |
| 5 | Sino-Tibetan | *mow | — |
via Vietnamese bạc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bạc | silver; money; made of silver |
| 2 | Vietnamese | Bác | I/me, the old Ho Chi Minh; you, the old Ho Chi... |
| 3 | Proto-Vietic | paːk | uncle |