Where does “khó nhọc” come from?

khó nhọc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khó, from Chinese 庫.

khó nhọc (Vietnamese): difficult and tiring; exhausting

Definitions

  1. difficult and tiring; exhausting

Ancestry of “khó nhọc”, step by step

khó nhọc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese khó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhódifficult; tough; hard to get along with; hard to...
2Chinese庫—

via Vietnamese nhọc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhọctired, tiresome
Every word from Chinese 庫 →Every word from Vietnamese khó →