Where does “phải” come from?
phải (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 派, from English Pi, from Ancient Greek πῖ, from Ancient Greek πεῖ, from Proto-Semitic pay- — the mouth.
phải (Vietnamese): right; correct; obverse
Ancestry of “phải”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 派 | — |
| 2 | English | Pi | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πῖ | Alternative form of πεῖ |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πεῖ | pi, the name for the sixteenth letter Π, π of the... |
| 5 | Proto-Semitic | pay- | the mouth |
Words derived from “phải”