Where does “Tết Âm lịch” come from?

Tết Âm lịch (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese âm lịch, from Chinese 陰曆, from Chinese 太陰曆, from Chinese 太陰 — lunar; the moon.

Tết Âm lịch (Vietnamese): Tet

Definitions

  1. Tet

Ancestry of “Tết Âm lịch”, step by step

Tết Âm lịch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese âm lịch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseâm lịchthe lunar calendar
2Chinese陰曆lunar calendar
3Chinese太陰曆—
4Chinese太陰lunar; the moon

via Vietnamese tết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetếtto plait; to twist; Alternative letter-case form...
Every word from Chinese 太陰 →Every word from Chinese 太陰曆 →Every word from Chinese 陰曆 →