Where does “cách mệnh” come from?

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

cách mệnh (Vietnamese): Obsolete form of cách mạng

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of cách mạng

Ancestry of “cách mệnh”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cách mệnh”

Every word from Middle Chinese 革命 →Every word from Japanese 革命 →