Where does “sắc đẹp” come from?

sắc đẹp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sắc, from Middle Chinese 色.

sắc đẹp (Vietnamese): beauty

Definitions

  1. beauty

Ancestry of “sắc đẹp”, step by step

sắc đẹp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sắc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesắcsharp; color
2Middle Chinese色—

via Vietnamese đẹp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđẹppleasant to look at; good-looking, beautiful,...
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