Where does “hao mòn” come from?

hao mòn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hào, from Middle Chinese 壕.

hao mòn (Vietnamese): to use up; to run out of; to wear out

Definitions

  1. to use up; to run out of; to wear out

Ancestry of “hao mòn”, step by step

hao mòn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehàohao, one tenth of đồng; great; extraordinary
2Middle Chinese壕—

via Vietnamese mòn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemònto wear (as in to subject to wear), to wear out
Every word from Middle Chinese 壕 →Every word from Vietnamese hào →