Where does “thì giờ” come from?

thì giờ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thì, from Chinese 時, from Old Chinese 之.

thì giờ (Vietnamese): a period of time which someone assesses as useful

Definitions

  1. a period of time which someone assesses as useful

Ancestry of “thì giờ”, step by step

thì giờ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesethìDated form of thời; the prime time in terms of...
2Chinese時—
3Old Chinese之—

via Vietnamese giờ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiờunit for specifying a point in time in terms of...
2Middle Chinese時—
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