Where does “giao thông công cộng” come from?

giao thông công cộng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giao thông, from Japanese 交通, from Middle Chinese 交通.

giao thông công cộng (Vietnamese): public transport

Definitions

  1. public transport

Ancestry of “giao thông công cộng”, step by step

giao thông công cộng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giao thông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiao thôngto communicate; transportation; traffic
2Japanese交通transportation; traffic; social intercourse
3Middle Chinese交通—

via Vietnamese công cộng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecông cộngpublic
2Chinese公共public; communal
Every word from Middle Chinese 交通 →Every word from Japanese 交通 →Every word from Vietnamese giao thông →