Where does “cụm từ” come from?

cụm từ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese từ, from Chinese 字, from Chinese 母, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ — mother.

cụm từ (Vietnamese): a phrase

Definitions

  1. a phrase

Ancestry of “cụm từ”, step by step

cụm từ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese từ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetừfrom, since; at, in; word
2Chinese字—
3Chinese母—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*məʔmother

via Vietnamese cụm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecụmcluster, bunch
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ →Every word from Chinese 母 →Every word from Chinese 字 →
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