Where does “đứng tuổi” come from?

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

đứng tuổi (Vietnamese): middle-aged; advanced in years

Definitions

  1. middle-aged; advanced in years

Ancestry of “đứng tuổi”, step by step

đứng tuổi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đứng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđứngto stand; be still
2Chinese容—

via Vietnamese tuổi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetuổiage; year
Every word from Chinese 容 →Every word from Vietnamese đứng →