Where does “cứu chữa” come from?

cứu chữa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chúa, from Middle Chinese 字 — letter, symbol, character; character.

cứu chữa (Vietnamese): to rescue; to treat

Definitions

  1. to rescue; to treat

Ancestry of “cứu chữa”, step by step

cứu chữa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chúa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúathe retired father of a monarch of feudal...
2Middle Chinese字letter, symbol, character; character

via Vietnamese cứu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecứuto save, to rescue, to relieve
2Chinese救—

Words derived from “cứu chữa”

Every word from Middle Chinese 字 →Every word from Vietnamese chúa →