Where does “mặt tiền” come from?

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

mặt tiền (Vietnamese): a facade

Definitions

  1. a facade

Ancestry of “mặt tiền”, step by step

mặt tiền traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mặt

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

via Vietnamese tiền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiềnmoney; pre-
2Chinese錢—
Every word from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 →