Where does “tuổi thọ” come from?

tuổi thọ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thọ, from Middle Chinese 壽.

tuổi thọ (Vietnamese): life expectancy; length of life or use

Definitions

  1. life expectancy; length of life or use

Ancestry of “tuổi thọ”, step by step

tuổi thọ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thọ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesethọShort for tuổi thọ; old age of 60 or above; very...
2Middle Chinese壽—

via Vietnamese tuổi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetuổiage; year
Every word from Middle Chinese 壽 →Every word from Vietnamese thọ →