Where does “bắt lỗi” come from?

bắt lỗi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bắt, from Proto-Vietic *pəc.

bắt lỗi (Vietnamese): to detect or catch infractions

Definitions

  1. to detect or catch infractions

Ancestry of “bắt lỗi”, step by step

bắt lỗi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebắtto seize; to catch
2Proto-Vietic*pəc—

via Vietnamese lỗi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselỗimistake, fault, error
Every word from Proto-Vietic *pəc →