Where does “bắt gặp” come from?

bắt gặp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gặp, from Proto-Mon-Khmer gəp — friend.

bắt gặp (Vietnamese): to encounter

Definitions

  1. to encounter

Ancestry of “bắt gặp”, step by step

bắt gặp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gặp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegặpto meet, to see
2Proto-Mon-Khmergəpfriend

via Vietnamese bắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebắtto seize; to catch
2Proto-Vietic*pəc—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer gəp →