Where does “khuôn mặt” come from?

khuôn mặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mặt, from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 — face.

khuôn mặt (Vietnamese): face; facial appearance

Definitions

  1. face; facial appearance

Ancestry of “khuôn mặt”, step by step

khuôn mặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặtface; aspect; dimension; right
2Middle Vietnamese𩈘face

via Vietnamese khuôn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhuônshape, pattern, mold
Every word from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 →Every word from Vietnamese mặt →