Where does “toa thuốc” come from?

toa thuốc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese toà, from French toi, from Middle French toi, from Old French tei, from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

toa thuốc (Vietnamese): prescription

Definitions

  1. prescription

Ancestry of “toa thuốc”, step by step

toa thuốc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese toà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesetoàShort for toà án; your Honor
2FrenchtoiYou
3Middle FrenchtoiAlternative form of toy
4Old FrenchteiAlternative form of toi
5Latintē—
6Latintūyou (singular); thou
7Proto-Italictūyou
8Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

via Vietnamese thuốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethuốcmedicine; medicament; drug; Short for thuốc lá;...
2Chinese毒—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanduk ~ tukpoison; poisonous, toxic; to poison
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic tū →Every word from Latin tū →