Where does “nghèo khổ” come from?

nghèo khổ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khó, from Chinese 庫.

nghèo khổ (Vietnamese): poor and wretched; extremely poor

Definitions

  1. poor and wretched; extremely poor

Ancestry of “nghèo khổ”, step by step

nghèo khổ 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 nghèo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenghèopoor
Every word from Chinese 庫 →Every word from Vietnamese khó →