Where does “ăn ở” come from?

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

ăn ở (Vietnamese): to eat and live; to live together; to behave; to...

Definitions

  1. to eat and live; to live together; to behave; to...

Ancestry of “ăn ở”, step by step

ăn ở 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 ở

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseởat, in; to be, to live, to stay, to remain
2Proto-Vieticʔəhto stay
Every word from Chinese 安 →Every word from Vietnamese ăn →