Where does “VU” come from?

VU (English) comes from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.

VU (English): Initialism of volume unit

Definitions

  1. Initialism of volume unit

Ancestry of “VU”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
2Chinese務—
3Sino-Tibetan*mow—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow →