Where does “Quý” come from?

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

Quý (Vietnamese): the tenth heavenly stem

Definitions

  1. the tenth heavenly stem

Ancestry of “Quý”, step by step

Quý traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French qu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchquAlternative spelling of ku

via Chinese 貴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese貴—

via Middle Chinese 龜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese龜—

Words derived from “Quý”

Every word from French qu →