Where does “diễn đơn” come from?

diễn đơn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese diễn, from Middle Chinese 演.

diễn đơn (Vietnamese): solo

Definitions

  1. solo

Ancestry of “diễn đơn”, step by step

diễn đơn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese diễn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesediễnto act; to perform; to take place; to occur
2Middle Chinese演—

via Vietnamese đơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđơnapplication, petition, request; alone, only
2Proto-Mon-Khmerɗuənwide hat of straw
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