Where does “以” come from?

以 (Chinese) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer ləʔ.

以 (Chinese): to use

Definitions

  1. to use

Ancestry of “以”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerləʔ—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ləʔ →
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