Where does “Vietcong” come from?

Vietcong comes from Vietnamese Việt cộng, a shortened form of Vietnamese Việt Nam cộng sản, literally meaning Vietnamese communists.

Vietcong (English): A member of this organization

Definitions

  1. A member of this organization

Ancestry of “Vietcong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseViệt CộngVietnamese communists; communist Vietnam
2VietnameseViệt NamVietnamese
3VietnameseNam ViệtNanyue
4Middle Chinese南—
Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Vietnamese Nam Việt →Every word from Vietnamese Việt Nam →