Where does “hoa mười giờ” come from?

hoa mười giờ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hoá, from Chinese 和, from Japanese 和, from Middle Chinese 和.

hoa mười giờ (Vietnamese): moss rose

Definitions

  1. moss rose

Ancestry of “hoa mười giờ”, step by step

hoa mười giờ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hoá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehoámerchandise, goods; to turn; -ize; -ise
2Chinese和harmonious
3Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
4Middle Chinese和—

via Vietnamese giờ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiờunit for specifying a point in time in terms of...
2Middle Chinese時—

via Vietnamese mười

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemườiten
2Proto-Vieticmaːl—
Every word from Middle Chinese 和 →Every word from Japanese 和 →Every word from Chinese 和 →