Where does “hình trụ” come from?

hình trụ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hình, from Chinese 型.

hình trụ (Vietnamese): a cylinder

Definitions

  1. a cylinder

Ancestry of “hình trụ”, step by step

hình trụ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hình

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehìnhimage; a figure or a silhouette; a photo; a...
2Chinese型—

via Vietnamese trụ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrụpillar
2Chinese柱—
Every word from Chinese 型 →Every word from Vietnamese hình →