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

Definitions

  1. to feign; to pretend

Ancestry of “giả vờ”, step by step

giả vờ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseto enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing...
2Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
3Chinese
4Sino-Tibetan*mow

via Vietnamese giá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiáprice; bean sprouts; shelf
2Proto-Vietick-raː
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkraʔroad, way
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow