Where does “vừa ý” come from?

vừa ý (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vua, from Middle Vietnamese ꞗua — king.

vừa ý (Vietnamese): to one's liking or satisfaction; satisfactory

Definitions

  1. to one's liking or satisfaction; satisfactory

Ancestry of “vừa ý”, step by step

vừa ý traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevuamonarch
2Middle Vietnameseꞗuaking

via Vietnamese Ý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseÝItalian
2Middle Chinese意—
Every word from Middle Vietnamese ꞗua →
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