Where does “chắp vá” come from?

chắp vá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese và, from Chinese 和, from Japanese 和, from Middle Chinese 和.

chắp vá (Vietnamese): to patch; to cobble; to patch up

Definitions

  1. to patch; to cobble; to patch up

Ancestry of “chắp vá”, step by step

chắp vá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese và

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevàand; To shovel food from a rice bowl into one's...
2Chinese和harmonious
3Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
4Middle Chinese和—

via Vietnamese chắp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechắpto join two things together
Every word from Middle Chinese 和 →Every word from Japanese 和 →Every word from Chinese 和 →