Where does “ăn thua” come from?

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

ăn thua (Vietnamese): effective

Definitions

  1. effective

Ancestry of “ăn thua”, step by step

ăn thua 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 thừa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethừaleft over; superfluous; more than necessarily...
2Chinese繡—
Every word from Chinese 安 →Every word from Vietnamese ăn →