Where does “sắp sửa” come from?

sắp sửa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sắp, from Proto-Mon-Khmer srap — ready, prepared.

sắp sửa (Vietnamese): to be about to

Definitions

  1. to be about to

Ancestry of “sắp sửa”, step by step

sắp sửa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sắp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesắpabout to; to arrange
2Proto-Mon-Khmersrapready, prepared

via Vietnamese sửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesửato repair, to correct, to put right
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer srap →Every word from Vietnamese sắp →