Where does “xa cách” come from?
xa cách (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xã, from Japanese 捨.
xa cách (Vietnamese): to be separated (from); to be distant; to be far away
Definitions
- to be separated (from); to be distant; to be far away
Ancestry of “xa cách”, step by step
xa cách traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese xã
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | xã | Basic rural administrative unit in Vietnam, part... |
| 2 | Japanese | 捨 | — |
via Vietnamese cách
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cách | way, manner, fashion; grammatical case; to be... |