Where does “chiếu đôi” come from?

chiếu đôi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chiếu, from Chinese 詔.

chiếu đôi (Vietnamese): double check (a check delivered by two pieces simultaneously)

Definitions

  1. double check (a check delivered by two pieces simultaneously)

Ancestry of “chiếu đôi”, step by step

chiếu đôi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chiếu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechiếustrawen mat for sleeping; seat; rank; to shine;...
2Chinese

via Vietnamese đôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđôidouble
2Middle Chinese
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