Where does “chưng cất” come from?

chưng cất (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chúng, from Chinese 症, from Chinese 證.

chưng cất (Vietnamese): to distill

Definitions

  1. to distill

Ancestry of “chưng cất”, step by step

chưng cất traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chúng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúng"pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;...
2Chinese症—
3Chinese證—

via Vietnamese cất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecấtto lift, to raise
Every word from Chinese 證 →Every word from Chinese 症 →Every word from Vietnamese chúng →