Where does “vòng đời” come from?

vòng đời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đời, from Middle Chinese 代.

vòng đời (Vietnamese): a life cycle

Definitions

  1. a life cycle

Ancestry of “vòng đời”, step by step

vòng đời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđờilife; world; generation
2Middle Chinese代—

via Vietnamese vòng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevòngcircle; ring; object shaped like a circle, such...
2Proto-Mon-Khmerwiŋ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 代 →Every word from Vietnamese đời →