Where does “gốc tự do” come from?

gốc tự do (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tự do, from Japanese 自由, from Middle Chinese 自由.

gốc tự do (Vietnamese): free radical

Definitions

  1. free radical

Ancestry of “gốc tự do”, step by step

gốc tự do traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tự do

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetự dofreedom; liberty; free
2Japanese自由free; flexible; freedom, liberty
3Middle Chinese自由—

via Vietnamese gốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegốcfoot; origin; root
2Proto-Vietict-koːkstump
Every word from Middle Chinese 自由 →Every word from Japanese 自由 →Every word from Vietnamese tự do →