Where does “lợi tiểu” come from?

lợi tiểu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tiểu, from Vietnamese tiểu tiện, from Chinese 小.

lợi tiểu (Vietnamese): diuretic

Definitions

  1. diuretic

Ancestry of “lợi tiểu”, step by step

lợi tiểu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tiểu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiểusmall; to urinate; to pee
2Vietnamesetiểu tiệnto urinate
3Chinese小—

via Vietnamese Lợi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseLợi—
2Chinese利profit
Every word from Chinese 小 →Every word from Vietnamese tiểu tiện →Every word from Vietnamese tiểu →