Where does “giấy phép” come from?

giấy phép (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giấy, from Proto-Vietic k-cajʔ, from Old Chinese 紙.

giấy phép (Vietnamese): license

Definitions

  1. license

Ancestry of “giấy phép”, step by step

giấy phép traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giấy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiấypaper
2Proto-Vietick-cajʔpaper
3Old Chinese紙—

via Vietnamese phép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephépcustom; permission; authorization; a methodology
2Middle Chinese法—

Words derived from “giấy phép”

Every word from Old Chinese 紙 →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-cajʔ →Every word from Vietnamese giấy →