Where does “vô ý thức” come from?

vô ý thức (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vô, from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.

vô ý thức (Vietnamese): uncivil; uncivilized; uncultured

Definitions

  1. uncivil; uncivilized; uncultured

Ancestry of “vô ý thức”, step by step

vô ý thức traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevôto enter; to go into; to toast; emphasizing...
2Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
3Chinese務—
4Sino-Tibetan*mow—

via Vietnamese ý thức

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseý thứcconsciousness; awareness, especially of something...
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow →Every word from Chinese 務 →Every word from Vietnamese vụ →