Where does “cáo buộc” come from?

cáo buộc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cáo, from Chinese 告, from Middle Chinese 校.

cáo buộc (Vietnamese): to accuse; to charge

Definitions

  1. to accuse; to charge

Ancestry of “cáo buộc”, step by step

cáo buộc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cáo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáoa fox; royal edict-like announcement
2Chinese告—
3Middle Chinese校—

via Vietnamese buộc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebuộcto tie an object or seal a container by tying; compare trói and thắt
Every word from Middle Chinese 校 →Every word from Chinese 告 →Every word from Vietnamese cáo →