Where does “mẫu mực” come from?

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

mẫu mực (Vietnamese): model; ideal example

Definitions

  1. model; ideal example

Ancestry of “mẫu mực”, step by step

mẫu mực traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mực

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemựcink; squid; Short for dây mực
2Chineseink

via Vietnamese mẫu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemẫua sample; a design, model, style, etc; acre
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