Where does “tam giác vuông” come from?

tam giác vuông (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vuông, from Middle Chinese 方.

tam giác vuông (Vietnamese): right triangle/right-angled triangle

Definitions

  1. right triangle/right-angled triangle

Ancestry of “tam giác vuông”, step by step

tam giác vuông traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vuông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevuôngsquare; right
2Middle Chinese方—

via Vietnamese tam giác

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetam giáctriangle
2Chinese三角triangle; Short for 三角學／三角学; Short for 三角洲
Every word from Middle Chinese 方 →Every word from Vietnamese vuông →