Where does “nghỉ việc” come from?

nghỉ việc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nghỉ, from Middle Chinese 疑.

nghỉ việc (Vietnamese): to be off work; to be absent from work

Definitions

  1. to be off work; to be absent from work

Ancestry of “nghỉ việc”, step by step

nghỉ việc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nghỉ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenghỉto take a break; to get to temporarily leave...
2Middle Chinese

via Vietnamese việc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseviệcjob, work, business; thing, matter, affair
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