Where does “cơm hộp” come from?

cơm hộp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cơm, from Proto-Vietic kəːm — cooked rice.

cơm hộp (Vietnamese): boxed meal; packed food; lunch box; takeaway

Definitions

  1. boxed meal; packed food; lunch box; takeaway

Ancestry of “cơm hộp”, step by step

cơm hộp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cơm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecơmcooked non-glutinous rice; a rice meal; meat;...
2Proto-Vietickəːmcooked rice

via Vietnamese hộp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehộpa squarish container made of bendable material,...
2Chinese盒—
Every word from Proto-Vietic kəːm →Every word from Vietnamese cơm →