Where does “sửa chữa” come from?

sửa chữa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chúa, from Middle Chinese 字 — letter, symbol, character; character.

sửa chữa (Vietnamese): to repair

Definitions

  1. to repair

Ancestry of “sửa chữa”, step by step

sửa chữa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chúa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúathe retired father of a monarch of feudal...
2Middle Chineseletter, symbol, character; character

via Vietnamese sửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesửato repair, to correct, to put right
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Vietnamese chúa