Where does “vừa mới” come from?

vừa mới (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mới, from Chinese 每, from Proto-Mon-Khmer muuj — one.

vừa mới (Vietnamese): just; recently; newly

Definitions

  1. just; recently; newly

Ancestry of “vừa mới”, step by step

vừa mới traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemớinew (recently made or created)
2Chinese每—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermuujone

via Vietnamese vua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevuamonarch
2Middle Vietnameseꞗuaking
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer muuj →Every word from Chinese 每 →Every word from Vietnamese mới →