Where does “ngăn ngừa” come from?

ngăn ngừa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngừa, from Vietnamese ngủ, from Chinese 伍, from Chinese 亻, from Chinese 工.

ngăn ngừa (Vietnamese): to prevent (an adverse event, a disease, etc.)

Definitions

  1. to prevent (an adverse event, a disease, etc.)

Ancestry of “ngăn ngừa”, step by step

ngăn ngừa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngừa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengừato warn (against); to forewarn (about)
2Vietnamesengủto sleep
3Chinese伍—
4Chinese亻—
5Chinese工—

via Vietnamese ngắn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengắnshort, brief
2Malaydenganwith; and; by
3Old Malaydaṅan—
4Proto-Malayic*dəŋan—
Every word from Chinese 工 →Every word from Chinese 亻 →Every word from Chinese 伍 →