Where does “Vietnam” come from?

Vietnam is the English name for the Southeast Asian country, derived from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Vietnam (English): A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of...

Definitions

  1. A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of...

Ancestry of “Vietnam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseViệt NamVietnamese
2VietnameseNam ViệtNanyue
3Middle Chinese南—

Words derived from “Vietnam”

Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Vietnamese Nam Việt →Every word from Vietnamese Việt Nam →