Where does “trăng hoa” come from?

trăng hoa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hoá, from Chinese 和, from Japanese 和, from Middle Chinese 和.

trăng hoa (Vietnamese): philandering

Definitions

  1. philandering

Ancestry of “trăng hoa”, step by step

trăng hoa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hoá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehoámerchandise, goods; to turn; -ize; -ise
2Chinese和harmonious
3Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
4Middle Chinese和—

via Vietnamese trắng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrắngwhite; pale
2Proto-Vietick-laŋʔwhite
3Proto-Mon-Khmerklaŋʔ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 和 →Every word from Japanese 和 →Every word from Chinese 和 →
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