Where does “khách hàng” come from?
khách hàng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khách, from Proto-Vietic *k-rac, from Old Chinese 鐵.
khách hàng (Vietnamese): customer, client, purchaser
Definitions
- customer, client, purchaser
Ancestry of “khách hàng”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | khách | visitor, guest; customer; passenger |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | *k-rac | — |
| 3 | Old Chinese | 鐵 | — |