Where does “hứa hẹn” come from?

hứa hẹn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hứa, from Middle Chinese 許.

hứa hẹn (Vietnamese): to promise; to make promises

Definitions

  1. to promise; to make promises

Ancestry of “hứa hẹn”, step by step

hứa hẹn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hứa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehứato promise; to make a promise
2Middle Chinese許—

via Vietnamese hẹn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehẹnto make an appointment; to arrange or promise;...
2Proto-Taiʰɲelᴬcivet cat; civet
Every word from Middle Chinese 許 →Every word from Vietnamese hứa →