Where does “quế đơn” come from?

quế đơn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese quê, from Chinese 桂.

quế đơn (Vietnamese): Chinese cinnamon, cassia (Cinnamomum cassia)

Definitions

  1. Chinese cinnamon, cassia (Cinnamomum cassia)

Ancestry of “quế đơn”, step by step

quế đơn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese quê

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequêcountryside; the country, rural area; a...
2Chinese桂—

via Vietnamese đơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđơnapplication, petition, request; alone, only
2Proto-Mon-Khmerɗuənwide hat of straw
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