Where does “thi đấu” come from?

thi đấu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thì, from Chinese 時, from Old Chinese 之.

thi đấu (Vietnamese): to compete athletically

Definitions

  1. to compete athletically

Ancestry of “thi đấu”, step by step

thi đấu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesethìDated form of thời; the prime time in terms of...
2Chinese時—
3Old Chinese之—

via Vietnamese đấu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấuto battle, fight; dipper, ladle, scoop
2Middle Chinese斗—

Words derived from “thi đấu”

Every word from Old Chinese 之 →