Where does “cách mạng” come from?

cách mạng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cách mệnh, from Japanese 革命, from Middle Chinese 革命 — to switch from a ruling dynasty to a new one.

cách mạng (Vietnamese): revolution; Misconstruction of cách mệnh

Definitions

  1. revolution; Misconstruction of cách mệnh

Ancestry of “cách mạng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecách mệnhObsolete form of cách mạng
2Japanese革命a revolution; a coup d'état; one of the sankaku...
3Middle Chinese革命to switch from a ruling dynasty to a new one

Words derived from “cách mạng”

Every word from Middle Chinese 革命 →Every word from Japanese 革命 →Every word from Vietnamese cách mệnh →