Where does “chủng ngừa” come from?

chủng ngừa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngừa, from Vietnamese ngủ, from Chinese 伍, from Chinese 亻, from Chinese 工.

chủng ngừa (Vietnamese): to inoculate

Definitions

  1. to inoculate

Ancestry of “chủng ngừa”, step by step

chủng ngừa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngừa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengừato warn (against); to forewarn (about)
2Vietnamesengủto sleep
3Chinese伍—
4Chinese亻—
5Chinese工—

via Vietnamese chúng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúng"pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;...
2Chinese症—
3Chinese證—
Every word from Chinese 工 →Every word from Chinese 亻 →Every word from Chinese 伍 →