Where does “phở cuốn” come from?

phở cuốn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phở, from Vietnamese vô, from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.

phở cuốn (Vietnamese): Vietnamese dish which uses the material to make...

Definitions

  1. Vietnamese dish which uses the material to make...

Ancestry of “phở cuốn”, step by step

phở cuốn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese phở

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephởpho; to clear
2Vietnameseto enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing...
3Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
4Chinese
5Sino-Tibetan*mow

via Vietnamese cuốn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecuốnto roll
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mowEvery word from Chinese Every word from Vietnamese vụ