Where does “xác thịt” come from?

xác thịt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xác, from Middle Vietnamese xác.

xác thịt (Vietnamese): flesh; body

Definitions

  1. flesh; body

Ancestry of “xác thịt”, step by step

xác thịt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xác

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexáccorpse; body
2Middle Vietnamesexác

via Vietnamese thịt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethịthuman or animal flesh, especially meat, but mostly except fish and shellfish
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