Where does “xem mặt” come from?

xem mặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mặt, from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 — face.

xem mặt (Vietnamese): to meet with a date via a dating service

Definitions

  1. to meet with a date via a dating service

Ancestry of “xem mặt”, step by step

xem mặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặtface; aspect; dimension; right
2Middle Vietnamese𩈘face

via Vietnamese xem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexemto see; to look at; to watch; to read; to...
2Middle Chinese占—
Every word from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 →Every word from Vietnamese mặt →
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