Where does “ai nấy” come from?

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

ai nấy (Vietnamese): each and all; everybody

Definitions

  1. each and all; everybody

Ancestry of “ai nấy”, step by step

ai nấy 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 này

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenàythis; here
2Proto-Vietic-niː—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerniʔ—
Every word from English all right →Every word from English aight →Every word from English Ai →