Where does “bắt nguồn” come from?

bắt nguồn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nguồn, from Chinese 源.

bắt nguồn (Vietnamese): to take one's source (from); to originate (from); to begin (from)

Definitions

  1. to take one's source (from); to originate (from); to begin (from)

Ancestry of “bắt nguồn”, step by step

bắt nguồn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nguồn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenguồnsource; spring
2Chinese源—

via Vietnamese bắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebắtto seize; to catch
2Proto-Vietic*pəc—
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