Where does “hoa hậu” come from?
hoa hậu (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 后, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-qow.
hoa hậu (Vietnamese): Miss
Ancestry of “hoa hậu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 后 | — |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *mV-qow | — |
Words derived from “hoa hậu”