Where does “Động vật nguyên sinh” come from?

Động vật nguyên sinh (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 原生動物, from Japanese 動物, from Middle Chinese 動物.

Động vật nguyên sinh (Vietnamese): Protozoa

Definitions

  1. Protozoa

Ancestry of “Động vật nguyên sinh”, step by step

Động vật nguyên sinh traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 原生動物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese原生動物protozoan
2Japanese動物animal
3Middle Chinese動物—

via Vietnamese động vật

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđộng vậtan animal
2Chinese物thing

via Vietnamese nguyên sinh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenguyên sinhprimordial; primeval; uncontaminated and undeveloped
Every word from Middle Chinese 動物 →Every word from Japanese 動物 →Every word from Chinese 原生動物 →