Where does “ăn đêm” come from?

ăn đêm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ăn, from Chinese 安.

ăn đêm (Vietnamese): to have a meal or snack late at night

Definitions

  1. to have a meal or snack late at night

Ancestry of “ăn đêm”, step by step

ăn đêm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ăn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseănto eat; Synonym of uống; to dine; to feast, to...
2Chinese安—

via Vietnamese đêm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđêmnight; nighttime
2Proto-Vieticteːmnight
Every word from Chinese 安 →Every word from Vietnamese ăn →