Where does “chuẩn mực” come from?

chuẩn mực (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mực, from Chinese 墨 — ink.

chuẩn mực (Vietnamese): standard

Definitions

  1. standard

Ancestry of “chuẩn mực”, step by step

chuẩn mực traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mực

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemựcink; squid; Short for dây mực
2Chinese墨ink

via Vietnamese chuẩn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechuẩnstandard; conforming to standard; fitting
Every word from Chinese 墨 →Every word from Vietnamese mực →