Where does “chữa trị” come from?
chữa trị (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trị, from Chinese 治.
chữa trị (Vietnamese): to treat, to cure; treatment
Definitions
- to treat, to cure; treatment
Ancestry of “chữa trị”, step by step
chữa trị traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese trị
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | trị | to treat medically; to cure; to suppress; to... |
| 2 | Chinese | 治 | — |
via Vietnamese chúa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chúa | the retired father of a monarch of feudal... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 字 | letter, symbol, character; character |