Where does “mô tô” come from?

mô tô (Vietnamese) comes from French moto, from French motocyclette — motorcycle.

mô tô (Vietnamese): a motorcycle of maximum speed higher than 50 km/h, or of a cylinder capacity higher than 50 cc, that requires a driver's license to be legally used

Definitions

  1. a motorcycle of maximum speed higher than 50 km/h, or of a cylinder capacity higher than 50 cc, that requires a driver's license to be legally used

Ancestry of “mô tô”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmotobike, motorbike
2Frenchmotocyclettemotorcycle
Every word from French motocyclette →Every word from French moto →
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