Where does “giữa chừng” come from?
giữa chừng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chúng, from Chinese 症, from Chinese 證.
giữa chừng (Vietnamese): midway
Definitions
- midway
Ancestry of “giữa chừng”, step by step
giữa chừng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese chúng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chúng | "pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;... |
| 2 | Chinese | 症 | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 證 | — |
via Vietnamese giữa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | giữa | in the middle; in the center; amidst; between; among |