Where does “nghĩa vụ quân sự” come from?

nghĩa vụ quân sự (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nghĩa vụ, from Japanese 義務 — duty, obligation.

nghĩa vụ quân sự (Vietnamese): military service

Definitions

  1. military service

Ancestry of “nghĩa vụ quân sự”, step by step

nghĩa vụ quân sự traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nghĩa vụ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenghĩa vụduty; responsibility; obligation; Short for nghĩa...
2Japanese義務duty, obligation

via Vietnamese quân sự

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequân sựmilitary; Synonym of giáo dục quốc phòng
Every word from Japanese 義務 →Every word from Vietnamese nghĩa vụ →