Where does “mướt mát” come from?

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

mướt mát (Vietnamese): glossy and uniform in a refreshing way

Definitions

  1. glossy and uniform in a refreshing way

Ancestry of “mướt mát”, step by step

mướt mát traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mát

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

via Vietnamese mướt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemướtsweat profusely, perspire abundantly
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-maːc →Every word from Vietnamese mát →
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