Where does “thơ ấu” come from?

thơ ấu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thơ, from Middle Chinese 詩.

thơ ấu (Vietnamese): of tender age; young

Definitions

  1. of tender age; young

Ancestry of “thơ ấu”, step by step

thơ ấu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thơ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethơyoung, tender; poetry; a poem
2Middle Chinese詩—

via Vietnamese âu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseâuperhaps, just; small crock; dockyard, shipyard
2Middle Chinese甌—
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