Where does “vietcongue” come from?

vietcongue (Portuguese) comes from Vietnamese Việt Cộng, from Vietnamese Việt Nam, from Vietnamese Nam Việt, from Middle Chinese 南.

vietcongue (Portuguese): Vietcong

Definitions

  1. Vietcong

Ancestry of “vietcongue”, 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 →