Where does “hiểu biết” come from?

hiểu biết (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hiểu, from Chinese 曉.

hiểu biết (Vietnamese): to fully understand; to know clearly; to be knowledgeable; to be learned

Definitions

  1. to fully understand; to know clearly; to be knowledgeable; to be learned

Ancestry of “hiểu biết”, step by step

hiểu biết traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hiểu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehiểuto understand, to know
2Chinese曉—

via Vietnamese biết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebiếtto know; to be aware of; to learn about; to...
Every word from Chinese 曉 →Every word from Vietnamese hiểu →