Where does “chỉnh sửa” come from?
chỉnh sửa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chỉnh, from Middle Chinese 整.
chỉnh sửa (Vietnamese): to revise; to correct; to modify generally speaking
Definitions
- to revise; to correct; to modify generally speaking
Ancestry of “chỉnh sửa”, step by step
chỉnh sửa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese chỉnh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chỉnh | be correct; to correct, to edit; to lecture, to... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 整 | — |
via Vietnamese sửa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | sửa | to repair, to correct, to put right |