Where does “bữa ăn” come from?

bữa ăn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ăn, from Chinese 安.

bữa ăn (Vietnamese): meal

Definitions

  1. meal

Ancestry of “bữa ăn”, step by step

bữa ăn 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 bữa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebữameal; day
Every word from Chinese 安 →Every word from Vietnamese ăn →