Where does “bắp thịt” come from?

bắp thịt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thịt — human or animal flesh, especially meat, but mostly except fish and shellfish.

bắp thịt (Vietnamese): muscles, esp. with a well-defined bulge in the middle and thin toned sections at the ends

Definitions

  1. muscles, esp. with a well-defined bulge in the middle and thin toned sections at the ends

Ancestry of “bắp thịt”, step by step

bắp thịt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thịt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethịthuman or animal flesh, especially meat, but mostly except fish and shellfish

via Vietnamese bắp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebắpblossom, inflorescence
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