Where does “giả vờ” come from?
giả vờ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vô, from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.
giả vờ (Vietnamese): to feign; to pretend
Ancestry of “giả vờ”, step by step
giả vờ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese vô
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | vô | to enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing... |
| 2 | Vietnamese | vụ | season; case, affair; specialized department... |
| 3 | Chinese | 務 | — |
| 4 | Sino-Tibetan | *mow | — |
via Vietnamese giá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | giá | price; bean sprouts; shelf |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | k-raː | — |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | kraʔ | road, way |