Where does “hoá thạch” come from?

hoá thạch (Vietnamese) comes from Japanese 化石, from Japanese 石, from Middle Chinese 石.

hoá thạch (Vietnamese): fossil

Definitions

  1. fossil

Ancestry of “hoá thạch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese化石a fossil; petrifaction; out-of-date person, thing
2Japanese石a stone; a transistor; a traditional Japanese...
3Middle Chinese石—
Every word from Middle Chinese 石 →Every word from Japanese 石 →Every word from Japanese 化石 →