Where does “tiền phạt” come from?

tiền phạt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tiền, from Chinese 錢.

tiền phạt (Vietnamese): fine; penalty

Definitions

  1. fine; penalty

Ancestry of “tiền phạt”, step by step

tiền phạt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tiền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiềnmoney; pre-
2Chinese錢—

via Vietnamese phạt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephạtto punish; to fine
2Chinese罰—
Every word from Chinese 錢 →