Where does “đời thường” come from?

đời thường (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đời, from Middle Chinese 代.

đời thường (Vietnamese): daily life; everyday life

Definitions

  1. daily life; everyday life

Ancestry of “đời thường”, step by step

đời thường traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđờilife; world; generation
2Middle Chinese代—

via Vietnamese thường

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethườngfrequent; usual; ordinary; common; average;...
2Chinese常—
Every word from Middle Chinese 代 →Every word from Vietnamese đời →