Where does “nổi tiếng” come from?

nổi tiếng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tiếng, from Middle Chinese 聲 — sound, voice.

nổi tiếng (Vietnamese): celebrated, illustrious, famous, well-known

Definitions

  1. celebrated, illustrious, famous, well-known

Ancestry of “nổi tiếng”, step by step

nổi tiếng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tiếng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiếngvoice; sound; language
2Middle Chinese聲sound, voice

via Vietnamese nói

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenóito speak, to talk, to say, to tell
2Chinese內—
Every word from Middle Chinese 聲 →Every word from Vietnamese tiếng →