Where does “tờ bướm” come from?

tờ bướm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tổ, from Chinese 似.

tờ bướm (Vietnamese): flyer

Definitions

  1. flyer

Ancestry of “tờ bướm”, step by step

tờ bướm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tổ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetổa nest; a group or team that is divided from a...
2Chinese似—

via Vietnamese bướm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebướma butterfly; vulva
2Proto-Vieticpaːmʔbutterfly
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