Where does “ăn đứt” come from?

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

ăn đứt (Vietnamese): to be clearly/blatantly superior in quality

Definitions

  1. to be clearly/blatantly superior in quality

Ancestry of “ăn đứt”, step by step

ăn đứt 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 đứt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđứtto break off, to be cut off; be cut off
2Proto-Mon-Khmert₁acto break, be severed; to sell
Every word from Chinese 安 →Every word from Vietnamese ăn →