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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Nguyên | Yuan, a Mongolian dynasty |
| 2 | Chinese Mandarin | 元 | — |
| 3 | Chinese Mandarin | 圓 | — |
via Vietnamese để
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | để | to place; to set; to let; to leave; in order to,... |