Where does “vụ việc” come from?
vụ việc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.
vụ việc (Vietnamese): case; incident; matter
Definitions
- case; incident; matter
Ancestry of “vụ việc”, step by step
vụ việc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese vụ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | vụ | season; case, affair; specialized department... |
| 2 | Chinese | 務 | — |
| 3 | Sino-Tibetan | *mow | — |
via Vietnamese việc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | việc | job, work, business; thing, matter, affair |