Where does “bước đầu” come from?

bước đầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đầu, from Middle Chinese 頭.

bước đầu (Vietnamese): beginning; start; first step

Definitions

  1. beginning; start; first step

Ancestry of “bước đầu”, step by step

bước đầu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđầuhead; tip; end; beginning; commencement; start
2Middle Chinese頭—

via Vietnamese bước

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebướcstep, pace; situation, juncture; to step
Every word from Middle Chinese 頭 →Every word from Vietnamese đầu →