Where does “hàm mũ” come from?

hàm mũ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hàm, from Middle Chinese 銜.

hàm mũ (Vietnamese): exponential function

Definitions

  1. exponential function

Ancestry of “hàm mũ”, step by step

hàm mũ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hàm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehàmjaw; Clipping of hàm số
2Middle Chinese銜—

via Vietnamese mù

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemùblind; blinding
Every word from Middle Chinese 銜 →Every word from Vietnamese hàm →