Where does “chòm xóm” come from?

chòm xóm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chòm — grove, thicket, tuft; small hamlet.

chòm xóm (Vietnamese): small hamlet and neighborhood

Definitions

  1. small hamlet and neighborhood

Ancestry of “chòm xóm”, step by step

chòm xóm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chòm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechòmgrove, thicket, tuft; small hamlet

via Vietnamese xóm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexóma neighborhood
Every word from Vietnamese chòm