Where does “vừa mắt” come from?

vừa mắt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mắt, from Proto-Vietic mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat — eye.

vừa mắt (Vietnamese): pleasant to the eyes

Definitions

  1. pleasant to the eyes

Ancestry of “vừa mắt”, step by step

vừa mắt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemắteye
2Proto-Vieticmateye
3Proto-Mon-Khmermateye

via Vietnamese vua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevuamonarch
2Middle Vietnameseꞗuaking
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat →Every word from Proto-Vietic mat →Every word from Vietnamese mắt →