Where does “giáo” come from?

giáo (Vietnamese) comes from Middle Chinese 交.

giáo (Vietnamese): lance, spear; to teach, to educate; religion

Definitions

  1. lance, spear; to teach, to educate; religion

Ancestry of “giáo”, step by step

giáo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 交

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese交—

via Middle Chinese 教

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese教—

Words derived from “giáo”

Every word from Middle Chinese 交 →