Where does “ở chưng” come from?

ở chưng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chúng, from Chinese 症, from Chinese 證.

ở chưng (Vietnamese): at, in

Definitions

  1. at, in

Ancestry of “ở chưng”, step by step

ở chưng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chúng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúng"pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;...
2Chinese
3Chinese

via Vietnamese

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