Where does “hệ tiêu hoá” come from?

hệ tiêu hoá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tiêu hoá, from Japanese 消化, from Middle Chinese 消化.

hệ tiêu hoá (Vietnamese): the digestive system

Definitions

  1. the digestive system

Ancestry of “hệ tiêu hoá”, step by step

hệ tiêu hoá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tiêu hoá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiêu hoáto digest
2Japanese消化digestion; assimilation; consumption
3Middle Chinese消化—

via Vietnamese hệ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehệsystem
2Chinese客guest
Every word from Middle Chinese 消化 →Every word from Japanese 消化 →Every word from Vietnamese tiêu hoá →