Where does “nhà báo” come from?

nhà báo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese báo, from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk — to be speckled, variegated, spotted.

nhà báo (Vietnamese): journalist

Definitions

  1. journalist

Ancestry of “nhà báo”, step by step

nhà báo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese báo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebáoa leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
2Chinese豹—
3Chinese駁—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*prawkto be speckled, variegated, spotted

via Vietnamese nhà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhàa house; a home; a dwelling; an immediate family;...
2Proto-Vieticɲaːhouse
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →Every word from Chinese 駁 →Every word from Chinese 豹 →