Where does “neo đậu” come from?

neo đậu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đậu, from Vietnamese đậu phụ, from Chinese 豆腐 — tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical...

neo đậu (Vietnamese): to moor

Definitions

  1. to moor

Ancestry of “neo đậu”, step by step

neo đậu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đậu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđậubean; nut; to park
2Vietnameseđậu phụtofu
3Chinese豆腐tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical...

via Vietnamese neo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseneoanchor
2Proto-Vietictʃ-rn-ɛːw—
Every word from Chinese 豆腐 →