Where does “rất mực” come from?

rất mực (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mực, from Chinese 墨 — ink.

rất mực (Vietnamese): exceptionally; highly; very much

Definitions

  1. exceptionally; highly; very much

Ancestry of “rất mực”, step by step

rất mực traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mực

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemựcink; squid; Short for dây mực
2Chinese墨ink

via Vietnamese rất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserấtvery (placed before the word to intensify)
Every word from Chinese 墨 →Every word from Vietnamese mực →