Where does “mua dâm” come from?

mua dâm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dâm, from Chinese 淫, from Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam.

mua dâm (Vietnamese): to visit prostitutes

Definitions

  1. to visit prostitutes

Ancestry of “mua dâm”, step by step

mua dâm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dâm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedâmlustful; lecherous; voluptuous; sex-crazed or...
2Chinese淫—
3Sino-Tibetan*l-(t/d)jam—

via Vietnamese mưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemưarain; to rain
2Proto-Vietick-maːrain
3Proto-Mon-Khmergmaʔ—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam →Every word from Chinese 淫 →Every word from Vietnamese dâm →