Where does “mọi người” come from?

mọi người (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mới, from Chinese 每, from Proto-Mon-Khmer muuj — one.

mọi người (Vietnamese): everybody; everyone

Definitions

  1. everybody; everyone

Ancestry of “mọi người”, step by step

mọi người traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemớinew (recently made or created)
2Chinese每—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermuujone

via Vietnamese Người

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseNgườiYou/Thou/Thee, Jesus Christ; You/Thou/Thee, my...
2Proto-Vieticŋaːj—
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(m)ŋaajperson, human being; human being; person
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer muuj →Every word from Chinese 每 →Every word from Vietnamese mới →