Where does “chửa hoang” come from?

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

chửa hoang (Vietnamese): to be pregnant without getting married, or to be made pregnant by a lover

Definitions

  1. to be pregnant without getting married, or to be made pregnant by a lover

Ancestry of “chửa hoang”, step by step

chửa hoang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chúa

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

via Vietnamese Hoàng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseHoàng
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Vietnamese chúa