Where does “bạch huyết cầu” come from?

bạch huyết cầu (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 白, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan bawk — white.

bạch huyết cầu (Vietnamese): leukocyte

Definitions

  1. leukocyte

Ancestry of “bạch huyết cầu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinesewhite
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanbawkwhite
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan bawkEvery word from Chinese