Where does “giờ Ngọ” come from?

giờ Ngọ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giờ, from Middle Chinese 時.

giờ Ngọ (Vietnamese): a period of time, from 11 AM to 1 PM

Definitions

  1. a period of time, from 11 AM to 1 PM

Ancestry of “giờ Ngọ”, step by step

giờ Ngọ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giờ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiờunit for specifying a point in time in terms of...
2Middle Chinese時—

via Vietnamese Ngọ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseNgọthe seventh earthly branch represented by the Horse
Every word from Middle Chinese 時 →Every word from Vietnamese giờ →