Where does “báo chí” come from?

báo chí (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese báo, from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk — to be speckled, variegated, spotted.

báo chí (Vietnamese): newspapers and magazines, press

Definitions

  1. newspapers and magazines, press

Ancestry of “báo chí”, step by step

báo chí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese báo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebáoa leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
2Chinese豹—
3Chinese駁—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*prawkto be speckled, variegated, spotted

via Vietnamese tạp chí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetạp chía journal
2Japanese雑誌a journal
3Japanese雑miscellany
4Middle Chinese雜—

Words derived from “báo chí”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →Every word from Chinese 駁 →Every word from Chinese 豹 →