Where does “hội thoại” come from?

hội thoại (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 會話 — to converse; conversation; dialogue.

hội thoại (Vietnamese): to talk, to converse

Definitions

  1. to talk, to converse

Ancestry of “hội thoại”, step by step

hội thoại traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 會話

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese會話to converse; conversation; dialogue

via Japanese 会話

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese会話conversation
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