Where does “ai đời” come from?

ai đời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ái, from English Ai, from English aight, from English all right — Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition;...

ai đời (Vietnamese): by no means

Definitions

  1. by no means

Ancestry of “ai đời”, step by step

ai đời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseáito love; love; homosexual; gay
2EnglishAi
3EnglishaightContraction of all right; Okay; average; nothing...
4Englishall rightGood; in acceptable, if not excellent condition;...

via Vietnamese đời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđờilife; world; generation
2Middle Chinese
Every word from English all right