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Where does “từ khoá” come from?

từ khoá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese từ, from Chinese 字, from Chinese 母, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ.

từ khoá (Vietnamese): keyword

Definitions

  1. keyword

Ancestry of “từ khoá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetừfrom, since; at, in; word
2Chinese字—
3Chinese母—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*məʔ—
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