Where does “buông xuôi” come from?

buông xuôi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese buông, from Chinese 放.

buông xuôi (Vietnamese): to let (something) run its course

Definitions

  1. to let (something) run its course

Ancestry of “buông xuôi”, step by step

buông xuôi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese buông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebuôngto release from one's hand
2Chinese放—

via Vietnamese xuôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexuôiin the "usual", "expected" or "conforming" direction
Every word from Chinese 放 →Every word from Vietnamese buông →