Where does “biến mất” come from?

biến mất (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese biến, from Chinese 變.

biến mất (Vietnamese): to disappear

Definitions

  1. to disappear

Ancestry of “biến mất”, step by step

biến mất traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese biến

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebiếnto turn into; to change into; to vanish; an...
2Chinese變—

via Vietnamese mất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemấtto lose something; to die; to take
2Proto-Vieticɓǝt—
Every word from Chinese 變 →Every word from Vietnamese biến →