Where does “Déjà-vu” come from?

Déjà-vu (German) comes from French déjà-vu, from French VU, from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.

Déjà-vu (German): déjà vu

Definitions

  1. déjà vu

Ancestry of “Déjà-vu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdéjà-vudéjà vu
2FrenchVUgiven based on
3Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
4Chinese務—
5Sino-Tibetan*mow—

Words derived from “Déjà-vu”

Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow →Every word from Chinese 務 →Every word from Vietnamese vụ →