Where does “xói mòn” come from?

xói mòn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mòn — to wear (as in to subject to wear), to wear out.

xói mòn (Vietnamese): to erode

Definitions

  1. to erode

Ancestry of “xói mòn”, step by step

xói mòn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mòn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemònto wear (as in to subject to wear), to wear out

via Vietnamese xói

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexóito erode
Every word from Vietnamese mòn