Where does “Hồng Thập Tự” come from?

Hồng Thập Tự (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 十, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-ɢip — ten.

Hồng Thập Tự (Vietnamese): the Red Cross

Definitions

  1. the Red Cross

Ancestry of “Hồng Thập Tự”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese十—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sV-ɢipten
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-ɢip →Every word from Chinese 十 →