Where does “đèn giao thông” come from?

đèn giao thông (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giao thông, from Japanese 交通, from Middle Chinese 交通.

đèn giao thông (Vietnamese): traffic light

Definitions

  1. traffic light

Ancestry of “đèn giao thông”, step by step

đèn giao thông traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giao thông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiao thôngto communicate; transportation; traffic
2Japanese交通transportation; traffic; social intercourse
3Middle Chinese交通—

via Vietnamese đèn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđèna light; a lamp, an oil lamp, a light bulb, an...
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