Where does “thảo” come from?

thảo (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 草, from Japanese 草, from Middle Chinese 草.

thảo (Vietnamese): grasses and herbs; to write, to draft; to be...

Definitions

  1. grasses and herbs; to write, to draft; to be...

Ancestry of “thảo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese草—
2Japanese草grass; a weed; a herb
3Middle Chinese草—

Words derived from “thảo”

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