Where does “thông thoáng” come from?

thông thoáng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thông, from Chinese 松.

thông thoáng (Vietnamese): clear; uncluttered

Definitions

  1. clear; uncluttered

Ancestry of “thông thoáng”, step by step

thông thoáng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethôngpine (tree of the genus Pinus)
2Chinese松—

via Vietnamese thoáng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethoánga short time
Every word from Chinese 松 →Every word from Vietnamese thông →