Where does “hạt điều” come from?

hạt điều (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese điều, from Middle Chinese 條.

hạt điều (Vietnamese): cashew, cashew nut

Definitions

  1. cashew, cashew nut

Ancestry of “hạt điều”, step by step

hạt điều traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese điều

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđiềuword; sentence; pretext
2Middle Chinese條—

via Vietnamese hạt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehạta small hard piece; a seed, a grain, a nut, etc;...
2Chinese核—
Every word from Middle Chinese 條 →Every word from Vietnamese điều →