Where does “ăn mặc” come from?

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

ăn mặc (Vietnamese): to dress generally speaking

Definitions

  1. to dress generally speaking

Ancestry of “ăn mặc”, step by step

ăn mặc 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 mặc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặcto wear, to put on; to leave alone, to not care
2Proto-Vieticmak—
Every word from Chinese 安 →Every word from Vietnamese ăn →