Where does “chúa” come from?

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

chúa (Vietnamese): the retired father of a monarch of feudal...

Definitions

  1. the retired father of a monarch of feudal...

Ancestry of “chúa”, step by step

chúa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chineseletter, symbol, character; character

via Chinese

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1Chinese

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese

Words derived from “chúa

Every word from Middle Chinese