Where does “quý báu” come from?

quý báu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Quý, from French qu — Alternative spelling of ku.

quý báu (Vietnamese): valuable; precious

Definitions

  1. valuable; precious

Ancestry of “quý báu”, step by step

quý báu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Quý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseQuýthe tenth heavenly stem
2FrenchquAlternative spelling of ku

via Vietnamese báu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebáuprecious
Every word from French qu
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