Where does “déjà vu” come from?
déjà vu (English) comes from French déjà-vu, from French VU, from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.
déjà vu (English): The subjective, unexpected feeling of having...
Definitions
- The subjective, unexpected feeling of having...
Ancestry of “déjà vu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | déjà-vu | déjà vu |
| 2 | French | VU | — |
| 3 | Vietnamese | vụ | season; case, affair; specialized department... |
| 4 | Chinese | 務 | — |
| 5 | Sino-Tibetan | *mow | — |
Words derived from “déjà vu”