Where does “ăn vặt” come from?

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

ăn vặt (Vietnamese): to eat snack

Definitions

  1. to eat snack

Ancestry of “ăn vặt”, step by step

ăn vặt 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 vặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevặtinsignificant
Every word from Chinese 安 →Every word from Vietnamese ăn →