Where does “ở ẩn” come from?

ở ẩn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ăn, from Chinese 安.

ở ẩn (Vietnamese): to live the life of a recluse

Definitions

  1. to live the life of a recluse

Ancestry of “ở ẩn”, step by step

ở ẩn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ăn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseănto eat; Synonym of uống; to dine; to feast, to...
2Chinese安—

via Vietnamese ở

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseởat, in; to be, to live, to stay, to remain
2Proto-Vieticʔəhto stay
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