Where does “từ ghép” come from?
từ ghép (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese từ, from Chinese 字, from Chinese 母, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ.
từ ghép (Vietnamese): a compound word
Ancestry of “từ ghép”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | từ | from, since; at, in; word |
| 2 | Chinese | 字 | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 母 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *məʔ | — |