Where does “lạc loài” come from?

lạc loài (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lạc, from Middle Chinese 落.

lạc loài (Vietnamese): completely lonesome and with nobody to rely on

Definitions

  1. completely lonesome and with nobody to rely on

Ancestry of “lạc loài”, step by step

lạc loài traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lạc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselạclost; peanut, groundnut; stray
2Middle Chinese落—

via Vietnamese loài

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseloàispecies
Every word from Middle Chinese 落 →Every word from Vietnamese lạc →