Where does “góp mặt” come from?

góp mặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mặt, from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 — face.

góp mặt (Vietnamese): to be present (at an event); to attend; to be featured (in a movie or a play)

Definitions

  1. to be present (at an event); to attend; to be featured (in a movie or a play)

Ancestry of “góp mặt”, step by step

góp mặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặtface; aspect; dimension; right
2Middle Vietnamese𩈘face

via Vietnamese góp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegópto contribute; to donate; to join (in)
2Chinese合—
Every word from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 →