Where does “chưa hề” come from?

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

chưa hề (Vietnamese): never (ever)

Definitions

  1. never (ever)

Ancestry of “chưa hề”, step by step

chưa hề 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 hệ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehệsystem
2Chinese客guest
Every word from Middle Chinese 字 →Every word from Vietnamese chúa →