Where does “cực tím” come from?

cực tím (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tìm, from Chinese 尋.

cực tím (Vietnamese): ultraviolet

Definitions

  1. ultraviolet

Ancestry of “cực tím”, step by step

cực tím traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tìm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetìmto search, to seek, to look for; to find
2Chinese尋—

via Vietnamese cực

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecựcextremely, utterly, extraordinarily; pole;...

Words derived from “cực tím”

Every word from Chinese 尋 →Every word from Vietnamese tìm →