Where does “đấu thầu” come from?

đấu thầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đấu, from Middle Chinese 斗.

đấu thầu (Vietnamese): to bid (for a contract in a project)

Definitions

  1. to bid (for a contract in a project)

Ancestry of “đấu thầu”, step by step

đấu thầu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đấu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấuto battle, fight; dipper, ladle, scoop
2Middle Chinese斗—

via Vietnamese thầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethầuto contract for
2Chinese鍮—
Every word from Middle Chinese 斗 →