Where does “hoa hậu thế giới” come from?

hoa hậu thế giới (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hoa hậu, from Chinese 后, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-qow — head.

hoa hậu thế giới (Vietnamese): Miss Earth

Definitions

  1. Miss Earth

Ancestry of “hoa hậu thế giới”, step by step

hoa hậu thế giới traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hoa hậu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehoa hậuMiss
2Chinese后—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mV-qowhead

via Vietnamese thế giới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethế giớithe world; the globe; a store or shop that...
2Middle Chinese世界—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-qow →Every word from Chinese 后 →Every word from Vietnamese hoa hậu →
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