Where does “lưỡng chiếu” come from?

lưỡng chiếu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chiếu, from Chinese 詔.

lưỡng chiếu (Vietnamese): double check (a check delivered by two pieces simultaneously)

Definitions

  1. double check (a check delivered by two pieces simultaneously)

Ancestry of “lưỡng chiếu”, step by step

lưỡng chiếu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chiếu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechiếustrawen mat for sleeping; seat; rank; to shine;...
2Chinese

via Vietnamese lưỡng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselưỡng
2Middle Chinesetwo, both
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