Where does “chào đón” come from?

chào đón (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chào, from Proto-Vietic caːwʔ.

chào đón (Vietnamese): to welcome; to warmly greet

Definitions

  1. to welcome; to warmly greet

Ancestry of “chào đón”, step by step

chào đón traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechàoto bow, to greet, to salute; to solicit; good...
2Proto-Vieticcaːwʔ—

via Vietnamese đơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđơnapplication, petition, request; alone, only
2Proto-Mon-Khmerɗuənwide hat of straw
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