Where does “dầu hoả” come from?

dầu hoả (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hoá, from Chinese 和, from Japanese 和, from Middle Chinese 和.

dầu hoả (Vietnamese): kerosene

Definitions

  1. kerosene

Ancestry of “dầu hoả”, step by step

dầu hoả traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hoá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehoámerchandise, goods; to turn; -ize; -ise
2Chinese和harmonious
3Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
4Middle Chinese和—

via Vietnamese dầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedầuoil; "Dipterocarpus"
2Middle Chinese油—
Every word from Middle Chinese 和 →Every word from Japanese 和 →Every word from Chinese 和 →