Where does “để nguyên” come from?

để nguyên (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Nguyên, from Chinese Mandarin 元, from Chinese Mandarin 圓.

để nguyên (Vietnamese): to leave something as it is; to let something remain as it is; to keep something intact; to leave something alone

Definitions

  1. to leave something as it is; to let something remain as it is; to keep something intact; to leave something alone

Ancestry of “để nguyên”, step by step

để nguyên traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Nguyên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseNguyênYuan, a Mongolian dynasty
2Chinese Mandarin
3Chinese Mandarin

via Vietnamese để

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđểto place; to set; to let; to leave; in order to,...
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