Where does “chiều cao” come from?

chiều cao (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cáo, from Chinese 告, from Middle Chinese 校.

chiều cao (Vietnamese): height

Definitions

  1. height

Ancestry of “chiều cao”, step by step

chiều cao traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cáo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáoa fox; royal edict-like announcement
2Chinese告—
3Middle Chinese校—

via Vietnamese chiều

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechiềuafternoon; the direction from one point in space...
2Middle Chinese朝—
Every word from Middle Chinese 校 →Every word from Chinese 告 →Every word from Vietnamese cáo →
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