Where does “tác giả” come from?

tác giả (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 作 — to do, to work.

tác giả (Vietnamese): author

Definitions

  1. author

Ancestry of “tác giả”, step by step

tác giả traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chineseto do, to work

via Japanese 作者

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese作者the creator of a work, such as an author, writer,...

Words derived from “tác giả

Every word from Chinese