Where does “đứng trước” come from?

đứng trước (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đứng, from Chinese 容.

đứng trước (Vietnamese): to face against a thing or a crowd

Definitions

  1. to face against a thing or a crowd

Ancestry of “đứng trước”, step by step

đứng trước traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đứng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđứngto stand; be still
2Chinese容—

via Vietnamese trước

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrướcbefore; in front of; ago
2Proto-Vietick-laːkbefore, in front of
Every word from Chinese 容 →Every word from Vietnamese đứng →