Where does “Vietnamization” come from?

Vietnamization comes from English Vietnam plus the English suffix -ize, derived from Middle English -isen, from Old French -ation, from Latin -atio and -tio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -idyé-.

Vietnamization (English): The process of becoming more Vietnamese;...

Definitions

  1. The process of becoming more Vietnamese;...

Ancestry of “Vietnamization”, step by step

Vietnamization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Vietnam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishVietnamA long war which a dominating foreign occupier of...
2VietnameseViệt NamVietnamese
3VietnameseNam ViệtNanyue
4Middle Chinese南—

via English ization

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishization—
Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Vietnamese Nam Việt →Every word from Vietnamese Việt Nam →