Where does “giọng điệu” come from?

giọng điệu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese điệu, from Middle Chinese 調.

giọng điệu (Vietnamese): tone, way of speaking

Definitions

  1. tone, way of speaking

Ancestry of “giọng điệu”, step by step

giọng điệu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese điệu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđiệumelody, tune, air
2Middle Chinese調—

via Vietnamese giọng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiọngvoice
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