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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

  1. customer, client, purchaser

Ancestry of “khách hàng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekháchvisitor, guest; customer; passenger
2Proto-Vietic*k-rac—
3Old Chinese鐵—
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