Where does “hệ tuần hoàn” come from?

hệ tuần hoàn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hệ, from Chinese 客 — guest.

hệ tuần hoàn (Vietnamese): the circulatory system

Definitions

  1. the circulatory system

Ancestry of “hệ tuần hoàn”, step by step

hệ tuần hoàn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hệ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehệsystem
2Chinese客guest

via Vietnamese tuần hoàn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetuần hoànmoving about and back again; revolving, cycling, circling, circulatory, etc
2Chinese循環to cycle; to circulate; to recur; to circulate
Every word from Chinese 客 →Every word from Vietnamese hệ →