Where does “khám xét” come from?

khám xét (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xét, from Chinese 察, from Japanese 警察 — police; Short for 警察署.

khám xét (Vietnamese): to examine; to search

Definitions

  1. to examine; to search

Ancestry of “khám xét”, step by step

khám xét traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xét

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexétto examine; to consider; to check
2Chinese察—
3Japanese警察police; Short for 警察署

via Vietnamese khám

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhámjail; prison
2Middle Chinese勘—
Every word from Japanese 警察 →