Where does “thuốc bổ” come from?

thuốc bổ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bỏ, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere, from Old English rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.

thuốc bổ (Vietnamese): tonic

Definitions

  1. tonic

Ancestry of “thuốc bổ”, step by step

thuốc bổ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bỏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebỏto put, to place; to leave, to abandon; to quit
2EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
3Englishboardridersurfer
4EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
5Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
6Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
7Old Englishrīdererider, knight
8Old Englishrīdanto ride
9Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
10Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
11Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Vietnamese thuốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethuốcmedicine; medicament; drug; Short for thuốc lá;...
2Chinese
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanduk ~ tukpoison; poisonous, toxic; to poison
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną