Where does “phân biệt đối xử” come from?

phân biệt đối xử (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đối xử, from Chinese 處, from Chinese 理, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan b-rəj — to draw, to mark; draw, mark, boundary.

phân biệt đối xử (Vietnamese): to discriminate

Definitions

  1. to discriminate

Ancestry of “phân biệt đối xử”, step by step

phân biệt đối xử traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đối xử

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđối xửto treat; to act towards
2Chinese處—
3Chinese理—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanb-rəjto draw, to mark; draw, mark, boundary

via Vietnamese phân biệt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephân biệtto distinguish; to discriminate; to discern
2Chinese分別to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan b-rəj →Every word from Chinese 理 →Every word from Chinese 處 →