Where does “tiền mặt” come from?

tiền mặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mặt, from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 — face.

tiền mặt (Vietnamese): cash

Definitions

  1. cash

Ancestry of “tiền mặt”, step by step

tiền mặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặtface; aspect; dimension; right
2Middle Vietnamese𩈘face

via Vietnamese tiền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiềnmoney; pre-
2Chinese錢—
Every word from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 →Every word from Vietnamese mặt →
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