Where does “mất mặt” come from?

mất mặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mặt, from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 — face.

mất mặt (Vietnamese): to lose face; to disappear

Definitions

  1. to lose face; to disappear

Ancestry of “mất mặt”, step by step

mất mặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặtface; aspect; dimension; right
2Middle Vietnamese𩈘face

via Vietnamese mất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemấtto lose something; to die; to take
2Proto-Vieticɓǝt—
Every word from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 →Every word from Vietnamese mặt →