Where does “vụn vặt” come from?

vụn vặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vun — to pile up; to heap up.

vụn vặt (Vietnamese): petty; trifling; trivial

Definitions

  1. petty; trifling; trivial

Ancestry of “vụn vặt”, step by step

vụn vặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevunto pile up; to heap up

via Vietnamese vặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevặtinsignificant
Every word from Vietnamese vun