Where does “mê đắm” come from?

mê đắm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mẹ, from Chinese 迷.

mê đắm (Vietnamese): to be infatuated; to be enchanted

Definitions

  1. to be infatuated; to be enchanted

Ancestry of “mê đắm”, step by step

mê đắm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mẹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemẹa mother; I/me, your mother; you, my mother
2Chinese迷—

via Vietnamese đắm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđắmto sink (completely)
Every word from Chinese 迷 →Every word from Vietnamese mẹ →