Where does “chứng tỏ” come from?

chứng tỏ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chúng, from Chinese 症, from Chinese 證.

chứng tỏ (Vietnamese): to prove; to demonstrate

Definitions

  1. to prove; to demonstrate

Ancestry of “chứng tỏ”, step by step

chứng tỏ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chúng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúng"pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;...
2Chinese症—
3Chinese證—

via Vietnamese tổ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetổa nest; a group or team that is divided from a...
2Chinese似—
Every word from Chinese 證 →Every word from Chinese 症 →Every word from Vietnamese chúng →