Where does “thẻ tín dụng” come from?
thẻ tín dụng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thế, from Chinese 矢, from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij.
thẻ tín dụng (Vietnamese): credit card
Ancestry of “thẻ tín dụng”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | thế | position; posture; condition; situation; power;... |
| 2 | Chinese | 矢 | — |
| 3 | Sino-Tibetan | *tV-lij | — |