Where does “mát mặt” come from?

mát mặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mát, from Proto-Vietic t-maːc.

mát mặt (Vietnamese): well off; contented

Definitions

  1. well off; contented

Ancestry of “mát mặt”, step by step

mát mặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemátcool; cray-cray
2Proto-Vietict-maːc—

via Vietnamese mặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặtface; aspect; dimension; right
2Middle Vietnamese𩈘face
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-maːc →Every word from Vietnamese mát →