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Viet
Viet comes from Vietnamese Việt.
- VietnamesemodernViệt
- Englishearliest quotation 2023Viet
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
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- VietnamesemodernViệt
- Englishearliest quotation 2023Viet
Earliest quotation: 2023, Trang Thanh Tran, She is a Haunting: “Prayer […] Dear Bà Nội, please make your son…”
Every English word from Vietnamese Việt
Today it means
name South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or Vietnam entirely.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Vietnamese Việt / Viet