Where does “vô học” come from?

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

vô học (Vietnamese): uneducated; uncultured; ignorant

Definitions

  1. uneducated; uncultured; ignorant

Ancestry of “vô học”, step by step

vô học 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 học

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehọcto study; to learn; -logy; -graphy
2Chinese學—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow →
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