Where does “bùa yêu” come from?

bùa yêu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bùa, from Middle Chinese 符.

bùa yêu (Vietnamese): love spell

Definitions

  1. love spell

Ancestry of “bùa yêu”, step by step

bùa yêu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bùa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebùacharm; amulet; spell
2Middle Chinese符—

via Vietnamese yêu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseyêuto love romantically; to love non-romantically
Every word from Middle Chinese 符 →Every word from Vietnamese bùa →
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