Where does “hợp chất hữu cơ” come from?

hợp chất hữu cơ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hợp chất, from Literary Chinese 合 — union.

hợp chất hữu cơ (Vietnamese): an organic compound

Definitions

  1. an organic compound

Ancestry of “hợp chất hữu cơ”, step by step

hợp chất hữu cơ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hợp chất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehợp chấtcompound, chemical compound
2Literary Chinese合union

via Vietnamese hữu cơ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehữu cơorganic
Every word from Literary Chinese 合 →Every word from Vietnamese hợp chất →