Where does “mặt trận” come from?

mặt trận (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trận, from Chinese 陣.

mặt trận (Vietnamese): front; battlefront

Definitions

  1. front; battlefront

Ancestry of “mặt trận”, step by step

mặt trận traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trận

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrậna battle formation; a battle; a match
2Chinese陣—

via Vietnamese mặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặtface; aspect; dimension; right
2Middle Vietnamese𩈘face

Words derived from “mặt trận”

Every word from Chinese 陣 →Every word from Vietnamese trận →