Where does “ham mê” come from?

ham mê (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mẹ, from Chinese 迷.

ham mê (Vietnamese): to be passionately fond of

Definitions

  1. to be passionately fond of

Ancestry of “ham mê”, step by step

ham mê traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mẹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemẹa mother; I/me, your mother; you, my mother
2Chinese迷—

via Vietnamese hàm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehàmjaw; Clipping of hàm số
2Middle Chinese銜—
Every word from Chinese 迷 →Every word from Vietnamese mẹ →
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