Where does “lui tới” come from?
lui tới (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tối, from Vietnamese tí, from Middle Chinese 子, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ — child, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece.
lui tới (Vietnamese): to frequent; to haunt; to patronize; to go to often
Definitions
- to frequent; to haunt; to patronize; to go to often
Ancestry of “lui tới”, step by step
lui tới traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese tối
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tối | dark; the duration from the late evening to the... |
| 2 | Vietnamese | tí | breast; a little bit; tiny; small |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 子 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *tsəʔ | child, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece |
via Vietnamese lui
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | lui | to step back; to recede; to move backward; to... |