Where does “ăn Tết” come from?

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

ăn Tết (Vietnamese): to celebrate the New Year

Definitions

  1. to celebrate the New Year

Ancestry of “ăn Tết”, step by step

ăn Tết traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ăn

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

via Vietnamese tết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetếtto plait; to twist; Alternative letter-case form...

via Vietnamese [[ăn]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamese[[ăn]]
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