Where does “tiệm ăn” come from?

tiệm ăn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ăn, from Chinese 安.

tiệm ăn (Vietnamese): restaurant

Definitions

  1. restaurant

Ancestry of “tiệm ăn”, step by step

tiệm ăn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ăn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseănto eat; Synonym of uống; to dine; to feast, to...
2Chinese安—

via Vietnamese tiệm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiệmshop, store
2Middle Chinese店—
Every word from Chinese 安 →Every word from Vietnamese ăn →