Where does “dân mạng” come from?

dân mạng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dân, from Middle Chinese 民, from English people, from Middle English puple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pople, from Latin populus, from Old Latin populus — army.

dân mạng (Vietnamese): netizens

Definitions

  1. netizens

Ancestry of “dân mạng”, step by step

dân mạng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedânpeople; citizen; ordinary people; commoner; the...
2Middle Chinesepeople
3Englishpeoplea body of human beings considered generally or...
4Middle Englishpuplepeople
5Anglo-Normanpeople
6Old FrenchpopleAlternative form of pueple
7Latinpopulusa people, nation; a community of people; the...
8Old Latinpopulusa people, nation; a community of people; the...
9Old Latinpoplus
10Old Latinpoplos
11Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

via Vietnamese mạng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemạnga spiderweb; network; veil
2Proto-Vietict-ɓaŋ
3Proto-Mon-Khmert₁ɓaŋ
Every word from Proto-Italic poplosEvery word from Old Latin poplosEvery word from Old Latin poplus