Where does “người lạ mặt” come from?

người lạ mặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese là, from English lä, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll.

người lạ mặt (Vietnamese): stranger

Definitions

  1. stranger

Ancestry of “người lạ mặt”, step by step

người lạ mặt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesefine silk; to be; to iron
2EnglishSixth tone of the diatonic scale
3Frenchthere; here, present
4Italianthere
5Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
6Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8Germana-MollA-minor
9Hungarianathe; this; that
10Frenchàto; on the, to; at
11Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
12Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
13LatinA
14Etruscan𐌀and, also
15Ancient Greekᾱ̔
16Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
17Egyptian𓃾

via Vietnamese Người

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseNgườiYou/Thou/Thee, Jesus Christ; You/Thou/Thee, my...
2Proto-Vieticŋaːj
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(m)ŋaajperson, human being; human being; person

via Vietnamese mặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặtface; aspect; dimension; right
2Middle Vietnamese𩈘face
Every word from Egyptian 𓃾Every word from Phoenician 𐤀Every word from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔