Where does “ăn khách” come from?

ăn khách (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khách, from Proto-Vietic *k-rac, from Old Chinese 鐵.

ăn khách (Vietnamese): popular with the audience

Definitions

  1. popular with the audience

Ancestry of “ăn khách”, step by step

ăn khách traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese khách

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekháchvisitor, guest; customer; passenger
2Proto-Vietic*k-rac—
3Old Chinese鐵—

via Vietnamese ăn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseănto eat; Synonym of uống; to dine; to feast, to...
2Chinese安—
Every word from Old Chinese 鐵 →Every word from Proto-Vietic *k-rac →Every word from Vietnamese khách →